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| Author | Lindsay Mattick |
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| Illustrator | Sophie Blackall |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | October 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 56 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0316324908 |
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear is a 2015 children's book written by Canadian author Lindsay Mattick and illustrated by Sophie Blackall. The non-fiction book is framed as a story Mattick is telling to her son. Her great-grandfather, Harry Colebourn bought a bear on his way to fight in World War I, donating the bear to a zoo where it became the inspiration for the character of Winnie-the-Pooh. Finding Winnie was thoroughly researched by both Blackall and Mattick. The book's writing and illustrations were well reviewed and it won the 2016 Caldecott Medal.