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A review by kitsuneheart
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
5.0
I was not expecting that. This book is really two stories told sequentially. Two chapters, really. The first centers on a veterinarian who adopts a bear before heading off to World War I, leaving the bear in the London Zoo. The second story is about the relationship between the bear, Winnie, and a young boy...named Christopher Robin Milne.
I felt a bit of a dolt, looking on the cover at the end. Winnie, most famous bear, duh. But I, for some reason, thought it would be the bear cub Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot. I doubt many others will make such a blunder....
The optimum age for reading this to your kid is hard for me to pin down. The pages aren't very text-heavy, but it's a long book (56 pages, vs the standard 32), and the big reveal payoff takes a while. I feel like you might need to read this to your little one either in two parts--as split in my first paragraph--or when they're laying in bed and already a bit sleepy, and thus willing to let you read without interrupting because the story went on too long.
The illustrations rightfully won this book the Caldecott Medal for the year. They're as soft and welcoming as the actual Winnie-the-Pooh, and certainly as alive as a real bear cub.
This would be a great gift to any child, and a particularly good pick for a parent who still has a bit of a Winnie-the-Pooh obsession.
I felt a bit of a dolt, looking on the cover at the end. Winnie, most famous bear, duh. But I, for some reason, thought it would be the bear cub Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot. I doubt many others will make such a blunder....
The optimum age for reading this to your kid is hard for me to pin down. The pages aren't very text-heavy, but it's a long book (56 pages, vs the standard 32), and the big reveal payoff takes a while. I feel like you might need to read this to your little one either in two parts--as split in my first paragraph--or when they're laying in bed and already a bit sleepy, and thus willing to let you read without interrupting because the story went on too long.
The illustrations rightfully won this book the Caldecott Medal for the year. They're as soft and welcoming as the actual Winnie-the-Pooh, and certainly as alive as a real bear cub.
This would be a great gift to any child, and a particularly good pick for a parent who still has a bit of a Winnie-the-Pooh obsession.