Finding Winnie
The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

5ish stars. I didn't think there would be any topping the other Caldecott honor true story of Winnie-The-Pooh picture book released in the same year and covering basically identical content (Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh). Kind of funny how that happened, huh? They b......more

You learn about the history of Winnie and this is a great story. I love the pictures at the end of the book about everything that happened. A picture of Harry, his journal the day he bought Winnie, Pictures of Winnie in the army, and pictures of Winnie in the Zoo with Christopher Robin. This is the......more

What is it with bears and WWI? Aw, heck. Let’s expand that question a tad. What is it with adorable animals and WWI? Seems these days no matter where you turn you find a new book commemorating a noble creature’s splendor and sacrifice on the battlefields of Europe. If it’s not Midnight, A True Stor......more

Utterly charming. I loved the story within a story, and the album at the end with real photographs of Winnie, Harry, and Christopher Robin. The art is utterly charming, and best of all, it's a story you can actually read to a small child! Too often nonfiction picture books are far too wordy and dry,......more

November is always the time of year where I commemorate the World Wars. This year is weird in many ways and it affected my plans. Nevertheless, I didn’t want this month to come and go without having done at least one little thing in memory of all those fallen and those terrible years, all in one cen......more