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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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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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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