Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, illus. by Sophie Blackall. 56p. Little, Brown. Oct. 2015.This is a sweet tale of the black bear that named as Winnie before that the legendary children’s book character Winnie-the-Pooh. In the year of 1914, Harry Colebourn,,a veterinarian who is on his way to tend horses in World War I, he was the rescued a black baby bear and named the bear as Winnie and he brought it to the war. When the time came to ship out to France for combat, Colebourn left Winnie in London Zoo and later Winnie made friend with a boy, Christopher Robin, who visited the London Zoo and have a remarkable friendship with Winnie. CLICK "ILLUSTRATION" TO VIEW MORE.
Finding Winnie
Product Info
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books ; First Edition (20 October 2015)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 0.5 x 10.2 inchesEditors' Review
The artist of the book, Sophie Blackball has designed a great illustration for the books. Blackball has enchanted the character to make it more stylize and charming as Blackball has lightened Winnie’s coat and given her prominent pale eye-rings. As you can see, the illustration inside the books and including the cover were adopting clean and pale colour that lend a nostalgic aura. With the perfect melding of beautiful art with soulful, imaginative writing, this lovely story, “Finding Winnie” is ideal book for sharing aloud or poring over individually. I am sure that every child will enjoy this tale for years.
Author
Lindsay Mattick
Born in Winnipeg, Lindsay spent her summer days collecting lucky stones on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, finding adventures in her red wagon. As the great-granddaughter of Captain Harry Colebourn, Lindsay grew up thinking of Winnie as her own ‘great-grandbear’.
Winning Award
The Randolph Caldecott Medal