He knows he’s taking Winnie into a dangerous situation, but he thinks it will be good for the soldiers to have their morale boosted. Harry is from Winnipeg originally, and he decides to call the cub Winnie as a reminder of home. The man agrees because everyone needs money. He knows the man is a trapper and doesn’t have good plans for the bear. He spots a lone man with a bear, and he offers to buy it. There he meets the little bear cub that will change his life.

Knowing he is going to help animals makes this traumatic experience more bearable.Īs he sets off for Europe, he passes the White River in Ontario. He is not going to fight-he’s going to look after the soldiers’ horses. Although he’s Canadian, he’s called to serve cavalry units in Europe. However, it’s 1914, and World War I has put an end to his usual life. The main character, Captain Harry Colebourn, is a veterinarian and loves animals. This is the same way that Mattick learned about Winnie.

She decides to tell him a true story for a change, and she picks a tale about a special bear. The book opens with a mother telling her young son, Cole, a bedtime story. Finding Winnie narrates a real-life bear’s story, which takes place during World War I. Mattick worked in public relations for many years before deciding to write a story of her own, and Finding Winnie received numerous awards and widespread critical praise. It’s a picture book best suited to young readers. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear (2015), a children’s book by Lindsay Mattick, tells the story of Mattick’s unique connection to the world-famous fictional bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and the truth behind the bear which inspired this treasured character. Y así empezó la historia sobre un oso barrigón que todos conocemos.Ī woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne, de la mando del pequeño Christopher Robin, la encontró. Sin embargo, cuando Harry tenía que partir a la guerra, supo que Winnie no podría acompañarlo, y la llevó al único lugar donde pensó que la cuidarían: el zoológico de Londres. Harry la llamó Winnie en honor a Winnipeg, su ciudad natal, y la llevó consigo a los campo de entrenamiento en Inglaterra. En 1914, Harry Colebourn, un veterinario canadiense que viajaba de camino a Europa para atender a los caballos que peleaban en la Primera Guerra Mundial, no pudo evitar la tentación de comprar una cría de oso que un cazador vendía en una estación de tren.

Finding winnie by lindsay mattick