Finding Winnie (2016)

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.

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie and she was a girl! Harry Colebourn was a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I when, in 1914, he followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear along with him. Winnie lived with him and his fellow soldiers for the next year until he was stationed in France. Colebourn left Winnie in the care of the London Zoo and ultimately decided to let her stay there. That is where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin! A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal