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A review by lmasondcroz
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
5.0
Mattick, L. (2015). Finding Winnie: The true story of the world’s most famous bear. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
Marsoli, L.A. (2011). Forever friends. New York, NY: Disney Press.
These two books make a good twin text set because they give two perspectives on the same character: Winnie the Pooh. Forever Friends would enhance Finding Winnie because it is the fictionalized version of the real historical bear. Students would enjoy learning the true story behind the beloved character and learning some history along the way.
Finding Winnie follows a chronological sequence that tells how the author’s great-grandfather found a baby bear he named Winnie and took him along to his training during World War I, later inspiring the author of Winnie the Pooh. Its non-fiction text features include: illustrations, photos, captions, diary entries, and information from the author about her great-grandfather and how the story was passed down through her family.
Because both books feature the same character, I think the best way to have students connect the two texts would be to use a Venn diagram to compare Winnie the Pooh to Winnie the real bear. Students could also compare the friendship of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin to the friendship of the real Winnie and Harry Colebourn, the man who rescued him.
Marsoli, L.A. (2011). Forever friends. New York, NY: Disney Press.
These two books make a good twin text set because they give two perspectives on the same character: Winnie the Pooh. Forever Friends would enhance Finding Winnie because it is the fictionalized version of the real historical bear. Students would enjoy learning the true story behind the beloved character and learning some history along the way.
Finding Winnie follows a chronological sequence that tells how the author’s great-grandfather found a baby bear he named Winnie and took him along to his training during World War I, later inspiring the author of Winnie the Pooh. Its non-fiction text features include: illustrations, photos, captions, diary entries, and information from the author about her great-grandfather and how the story was passed down through her family.
Because both books feature the same character, I think the best way to have students connect the two texts would be to use a Venn diagram to compare Winnie the Pooh to Winnie the real bear. Students could also compare the friendship of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin to the friendship of the real Winnie and Harry Colebourn, the man who rescued him.