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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Contributor(s): Mattick, Lindsay (Author), Blackall, Sophie (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0316324906     ISBN-13: 9780316324908
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2014041122
Age Level: 4-8
Grade Level: PreK-3
Lexile Measure: 590 AD (Adult Directed Text)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 10.2" W x 10" L (1.15 lbs) 56 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Awards: Caldecott Medal, Winner, Picture Book, 2016
Charlotte Zolotow Award, Honor Book, Picture Book Text, 2016
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/20/2015
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 122
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 116
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 129
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 33
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 47
BookPage 11/01/2015
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 46
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/06/2015 pg. 34
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2016
People Weekly 03/14/2016 pg. 54
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 176655
Reading Level: 3.4   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the Caldecott Medal about the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.

In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.

Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England...

And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin.

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl

 
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