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Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear named Winnie: cbr12 bingo “The Roaring 20’s”

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (artist)

October 5, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Earlier in bingo, I learned that Winnie the Pooh was published in 1926 and so counted for “The Roaring 20’s”. I went looking through my library to discover that we don’t have a copy (though we have the entire Paddington collection). However, Grandma had sent this book to my kids! Finding Winnie opens with a mother (the author) telling her son a true story about a bear. Winnie’s story begins in Winnipeg, Canada with a young veterinarian named Harry Colbourn. Harry specialized in treating horses and […]

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Winnie’s Great War by Lindsay Mattick

September 27, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Having read the picture books about the true story behind Winnie-the-Pooh, (one also created by Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut and illustrated by Sophie Blackall) I figured I had a pretty good handle on the story before going into the high second-to-third grade novel, Winnie’s Great War. I will say I liked. But will add, your experience will vary from mine. Shoot, my experience varied from page to page. Mattick is a decedent of the Captain Harry Colebourn of the story. One night her son […]

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Christopher Robin: A Boy, A Bear, A Balloon by Brittany Rubiano

July 5, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am embarrassed to say, I just realized at 43 what Winnie the Pooh is all about. Sure, it is about friends, adventures, silliness and honey, but reading Christopher Robin: A Boy, a Bear a Balloon I realized what it all means. The characters are the emotions and thoughts and feelings of a child. Who is not scared sometimes (Piglet) or bouncy (Tigger) or a Know-it-All (Rabbit and Owl) or gloomy and needs cheering up (Eeyore)? And not having seen the movie yet (as […]

wicherwill on thank you to my friend EvinThe characters also don't really do the fantasy bits--they begrudgingly put up with the weird, which is why I was struggling with whether this counts...
LittlePlat on Complain about lack of standalone fantasy and then complain when I find oneI have been meaning to get a copy of this as well - Kingfisher is a delight. And I'm glad you've pointed out there's adult-adult...
Emmalita on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”We jusssst opened it up.
LittlePlat on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”How was I not aware of this? (Also, still getting the hang of discord - I had to get one of our students to show...
LittlePlat on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”I loved that you picked up so many other things the second time around. And would kill to be able to read a Muir penned...

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