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A review by msgabbythelibrarian
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
5.0
This is one of my all time favorite picture books. In fact, I called that it would win the Caldecott Medal the year it was eligible....and it did. My coworkers were shocked I could predict it, but honestly, it was about Winnie the Pooh?! You're going to go up against that?!
"Finding Winnie" is about the soldier who found Winnie, making it a mascot of his Army division, and then leading Winnie to the London Zoo. It is there that A.A.Milne discovers Winnie (but that's not the part of this story ;)) It is a story of friendship and love, of finding joy in the midst of trials.
Sophie Blackall is a fantastic illustrator and paired with Lindsay Mattick (who is actually related to Harry Colebourn--his great-granddaughter in fact) it's a dynamite team!
"Finding Winnie" is about the soldier who found Winnie, making it a mascot of his Army division, and then leading Winnie to the London Zoo. It is there that A.A.Milne discovers Winnie (but that's not the part of this story ;)) It is a story of friendship and love, of finding joy in the midst of trials.
Sophie Blackall is a fantastic illustrator and paired with Lindsay Mattick (who is actually related to Harry Colebourn--his great-granddaughter in fact) it's a dynamite team!