Sophie Blackall’s masterful watercolour illustrations create a visual through-line Winnie’s story is complex, with many settings, but Blackall’s seasoned hand gives readers something consistent to hold on to. When Winnie is eventually given to the London Zoo, she begins receiving frequent visits from a young boy named Christopher Robin and his father, Alan Alexander Milne. Her charm continues to delight Colebourn and his fellow soldiers overseas. Their bond grows so strong that when it’s time to ship out, Colebourn brings Winnie along. Consequently – and appropriately – the tone is tender, but a series of interruptions from Cole prevent it from becoming saccharine.Ĭolebourn, a Canadian veterinarian tending military horses during the First World War, rescues a bear cub from a man at a train station and names her Winnie after his hometown of Winnipeg. Written and narrated by Colebourn’s great-grandaughter, Lindsay Mattick, Finding Winnie takes the form of a bedtime story Mattick tells to her son. This is what little Cole discovers in Finding Winnie, the incredible story of Captain Harry Colebourn and the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. And if you’re the great-great-grandson of the man who helped inspire one of the most beloved characters in all of children’s literature, you’re sure to be treated to something fabulous. The only thing better than a bedtime story is a bedtime story that is true.
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