A review by hanking0528
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick

5.0

Finding Winnie is the story of how Winnie the Pooh came to be. Harry Colebourn was a vegetarian, but one day he left to go overseas to fight in the war. One day, his train stopped at a train station. While at the train station, he saw a man who had a baby bear. Harry was worried that the bear was in danger, so he bought the bear for $20 from the man. He named the bear Winnie. Winnie went everywhere with Harry, until Harry had to go fight in Ireland. Harry then takes Winnie to live at the London Zoo. After Winnie is at the zoo, a little boy named Christopher Robin Milne. Winnie and Christopher Robin developed a friendship. Christopher would go visit Winnie ta the zoo and even play by her habitat. He even named his stuff bear Winnie the Pooh. Christopher’s dad, Alan Alexander Milne wrote stories about his son and the bear, which is how Winnie the Pooh came to life.

I would use this book in my classroom to talk about fiction books that are based on a true story. This could be a literacy unit in the classroom.