Finding Winnie

The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

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Release Date: 10/20/2015
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Classics
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Director: Lindsay Mattick
Duration: 22 minutes
Run Time: 22 minutes
Language: English
Language: English

Finding Winnie

The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Directed by Lindsay Mattick
By Lindsay Mattick
|Narrated By Katherine Kellgren
|Illustrated By Sophie Blackall

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Classics
Collections: Best Selling Children's Video

Video Library Digital

05/24/2016

22 minutes

9781520014555

Video Library Digital

05/24/2016

22 minutes

9781520014555R

Video Retail Digital

05/24/2016

22 minutes

9781520014562

DVD

05/24/2016

1 DVD

22 minutes

9781520014531

Description:

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. Based on the 2016 Caldecott Medal winner, Finding Winnie is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.

Release Date: 10/20/2015
Classification: CH Nonfiction
Series: N/A
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Classics
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Director: Lindsay Mattick
Duration: 22 minutes
Run Time: 22 minutes
Language: English
Language: English
Video Library Digital - 9781520014555
Video Library Digital - 9781520014555R
Video Retail Digital - 9781520014562
1 DVD - 9781520014531

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3 STARS Combining archival photos and diary snippets to help bring this unique story to life.., Video Librarian

A perfect melding of beautiful art with soulful, imaginative writing, this lovely story, penned by Colebourn's great-great granddaughter, is ideal for sharing aloud or poring over individually., School Library Journal

The book strikes a lovely, understated tone of wonder and family pride...[Sophie Blackall] proves that she's equally imaginative at chronicling straight-on reality too., Publisher's Weekly

Little ones who love Milne's classic stories will be enchanted by this heartening account of the bear's real-life origins., Booklist

Gentle piano music and Katherine Kellgren's heartfelt narration enhance this modestly animated presentation of the 2016 Caldecott Medal winner..., Booklist

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