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A review by readwithpassion
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
5.0
Many of my blogger friends raved about this book. I knew I needed to read it, but my library hold list was very long. When I saw it won the Caldecott Award, I took action. I drove my son to the bookstore and read the book to him while he sat on my lap. My aunt came with me, and she cried through the entire book.
When we reached the end, we just stared at each other and she said, "Ricki, you have to buy this book. Henry needs to have this special story." And this is how I broke my rule about buying books. Finding Winnie sits elegantly on my son's bookshelf, and I don't regret breaking my rule. We love reading it together. The story is captivating from the beginning to the end, and the author and illustrator paint the scene in a remarkable way that readers will be unable to put the book down. Depicting history in picture books is very difficult, and Mattick and Blackall nail it. I highly recommend this charming book if you haven't read it yet. It will stay close to your heart.
When we reached the end, we just stared at each other and she said, "Ricki, you have to buy this book. Henry needs to have this special story." And this is how I broke my rule about buying books. Finding Winnie sits elegantly on my son's bookshelf, and I don't regret breaking my rule. We love reading it together. The story is captivating from the beginning to the end, and the author and illustrator paint the scene in a remarkable way that readers will be unable to put the book down. Depicting history in picture books is very difficult, and Mattick and Blackall nail it. I highly recommend this charming book if you haven't read it yet. It will stay close to your heart.