In addition, Mattick has included photos and artifacts from the time that Harry and Winnie spent together, as well as a photo of herself and Cole at the back of the book. Mattick has even included a family tree so kids can trace the family's relationship. Son Cole's request for a bedtime story, one he has clearly asked for and heard many times before, cleverly frames the real story about how the tales about Winnie-the-Pooh evolved and it is nicely connected to the present for young readers by Cole's relationship to Harry. Christopher even names his teddy bear after Winnie, calling it Winnie- the-Pooh, and out of his love for the real bear comes the books by his dad about Winnie-the-Pooh's adventures with a young boy named Christopher Robin.Īs for young Cole, well, he was named after his great-great grandfather - Harry Colebourn.įinding Winnie is a nice all-in-the-family true story since Linsay Mattick is actually the great-granddaughter of Harry Colebourn.
However, Winnie adjusts to life in the zoo and ever the gentle bear, he is popular with the kids who visit, and in particular, one boy named Christopher Robin Milne, who frequently comes to see Winnie with his father. It is, indeed, a sad parting between man and bear.
When Harry gets his orders and is about to be sent to the front lines in France, he realizes that a battlefield would be too dangerous for Winnie and decides to leave him at the London Zoo for the duration of the war. Eventually, Winnie travels with Harry all the way to England, where Harry and his fellow soldiers will train for war. Winnie is quite a hit among all the soldiers and proves herself to be a gentle, but rambunctious bear cub. When Harry's troop train makes a stop in White River, Canada, he sees a man with a baby bear and next thing he knows, Harry has bought the bear for $20.00 and names it Winnipeg - nickname Winnie. When war begins far from Canada, Harry's veterinary services are needed to care for the army's war horses and so he joins the army. And so Cole's mother begins to tell him a story about Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian from Winnipeg who lived long before Cole was born. It's bedtime but young Cole still wants a story, a true story before going to sleep.
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