Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. 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…Īnd finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. One about a Bear.”īook Synopsis: Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. “It’s awfully late.” It was long past dark, and a time to be asleep. Opening: “Could you tell me a story?” asked Cole. Themes: Bear, True Story, Canadian Soldier, Mascot, London Zoo, Christopher Robbins
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