Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Famous Bear

a #1 new york times bestseller and winner of the caldecott medal about the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired winnie-the-pooh. 

in 1914, harry colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in world war i, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. he named her winnie, after his hometown of winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.

harry colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in england...

and finally to the london zoo, where winnie made another new friend: a real boy named christopher robin.

before winnie-the-pooh, there was a real bear named winnie. and she was a girl!