{"product_id":"144342918x-finding_winnie","title":"Finding Winnie","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter Lindsay Mattick recounts their incredible journey, from a northern Canadian town to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England . . . and finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made a new friend: a boy named Christopher Robin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentle yet haunting illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Sophie Blackall bring the wartime era to life, and are complemented by photographs and ephemera from the Colebourn family archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eChildren's Books\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49145247858878,"sku":"144342918X-4","price":16.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61EDx1eXUFL._SL500.jpg?v=1790273228","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/144342918x-finding_winnie","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}