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Mattick, Lindsay,

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall. - First Canadian edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and how the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

9781443429184

2014041122


Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character)
Winnipeg (Bear)
Bears.
Soldiers.
Children's literature