Title: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Author: Lindsay Mattick
Illustrator: Sophie Blackall
Genre: Non Fiction
Awards: Caldecott Medal
Age: 2nd-5th Grade
Summary:
The retelling of the true story of the 1914's Harry Colbourn's rescue of a bear cub while tending to horses in World War I by his real great granddaughter. The veterinarian names the bear 'Winnie' after his hometown of Winnipeg and takes the bear wherever he goes. This story followed the pair on their journey through war, over the ocean to England, and eventually to the London zoo where Winnie meets a young boy by the name of Christopher Robin.
Illustrations:
This book is unique because not only does it have lovely watercolor/drawing illustrations, but it also contains actual photographs of Mattick's grandfather and his bear, Winnie. They are beautiful landscapes, portraits, and images of the war and London of the time.
In the classroom:
This would be a wonderful book to have in the classroom so a student could experience a fiction book that is based in nonfiction. It is a very unique way of storytelling that captures the reader and educates as well as entertains.
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