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Winnie's Great War

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From the creative team behind the bestselling Finding Winnie, winner of the Caldecott Medal, comes an extraordinary wartime adventure seen through the eyes of the worlds most beloved bearHere is a heartwarming reimagining of the real journey undertaken by the extraordinary bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.

Follow Winnies war adventurefrom her early days with her mother in the Canadian forest, to her remarkable travels with the Veterinary Corps across the country and overseas, and all the way to the London Zoo, where she met Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the creation of the worlds most famous bear.

This beautifully told story is a triumphant blending of deep research and magnificent imagination.

Infused with Sophie Blackalls irresistible renderings of an endearing bear, the book is also woven through with entries from Captain Harry Colebourns real wartime diaries and contains a selection of artifacts from the Colebourn family archives.

The result is a one-of-a-kind exploration into the realities of war, the meaning of courage and the indelible power of friendship, all told through the historic adventures of one extraordinary bear.

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HarperCollins
1443456993 / 9781443456999
Ebook
18/09/2018
244 pages