![]() ![]() Illustrator’s agent: Nancy Gallt, Nancy Gallt Literary Agency. Author’s agent: Jackie Kaiser, Westwood Creative Artists. While her work usually has a strong streak of fantasy, or at least ethereal otherworldliness, she proves that she’s equally imaginative at chronicling straight-on reality, too. ![]() It also suits Blackall ( A Fine Dessert) to a T. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. Framed as a bedtime story that Mattick tells her toddler son, Cole (who interjects questions such as “Is twenty dollars a lot?”), the book strikes a lovely, understated tone of wonder and family pride. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the Worlds Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. ![]() Knowing Winnie couldn’t follow him to France, Harry arranged for a new home for her at London Zoo, where a boy named Christopher Robin discovered her, and the rest is literary history. She accompanied Harry to England and became the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade. Harry Colebourn, the Canadian veterinarian who set all things Winnie-the-Pooh in motion: while en route to join his unit during WWI, Harry rescued an orphaned bear cub from a trapper (it cost him $20) and named her Winnipeg (Winnie for short), after his hometown. Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick - YouTube 0:00 / 10:45 Introduction Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick Katie Kaffenbarger 41 subscribers Subscribe 21K views 5 years ago Finding Winnie. Mattick is the great-granddaughter of Capt. ![]()
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