Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear / by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: The author relates, in picture-book format and within the framework of a bedtime story to her young son, the account of her great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, and the bear that he rescued and learned to love in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I. The bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Includes "Album" section, which reproduces photographs of Harry Colebourne and the bear, plus other images.
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    • Other Titles:
      True story of the world's most famous bear.
    • ISBN:
      9780316324908 :
    • Accession Number:
      2014041122
    • Accession Number:
      894149533
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.967922