January 19, 2015
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie the Pooh #giveaway
As a child, I grew up with the stories of Winnie the Pooh and his friendly gang. We had the collection of stuffed animals and the bedtime stories to go along with it. My love of Winnie the Pooh only grew stronger when I had my own children. I wanted them to love Winnie the Pooh just as much as I do!
It wasn’t until I was in my teens that I realized that the story I love so much was actually based on a true story! This true story comes to life in the new book, Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie the Pooh set to release on January 20th, 2015.
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie the Pooh tells the story of Harry Coleburn, a veterinarian and a solder in training for World War I. On his way to training he finds a baby bear for sale at the train station and he knew within his heart that he had to care for the bear. Harry names the bear Winnie, short for his company’s home town of Winnipeg and brings Winnie with him to the training camp in England. She quickly becomes attached to Harry and follows him everywhere and soon becomes the regiment’s much-loved mascot. All too soon, Harry has to ship off to the battlegrounds in France and must find a loving home for Winnie. He chooses the London Zoo. While Winnie is there a very special little boy named Christopher Robin comes along and plays with Winnie.
This story is an incredibly heart warming tale that is the perfect story to share with your children. A tale of love, compassion and friendship that is timeless. The illustrations are wonderful and beautifully created to showcase the friendship and love that forms.
The book also includes original photographs of Harry, Winnie and Christopher Robin! This was a perfect idea to really connect the story to it’s past. Our kids loved looking at the photographs.
If you can’t wait and want to purchase a copy of the book you can do so now on Amazon.
Rating: 5/5Â
The Giveaway!
Canadian residents, 18 years of age and older can enter to win their own copy using the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
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Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Yes as a child I read it…loved it!
who doesn’t love Winnie the Pooh? I loved the stories as a child – my favourite character was Eeyore! My daughter loved the stories too!! These are classic stories that will go on forever I think!
I love Winnie the Poo, the kids love all the Winnie characters. We have several books about them.
I both read and watched Winnie the Pooh. This would be such a nostalgic treasure.
im teaching my son to read with winnie the pooh books he lights up when he says mom I read the word all by myself.
I grew up with Winnie the Pooh stories and just loved them!
I have always loved Winnie the Pooh and to this day as an adult i use many quotes from the books as daily inspiration.
Winnie was always a big favourite for my middle sister. I always think of her when I think of Winne-the-Pooh. I’ve also just started reading the books to my 4 year old. 🙂
I remember loving watching him on TV.
I remember reading it as a child
I enjoyed reading Winnie the Pooh to my kids when they were small
I loved reading Winnie the Pooh when my kids were young. it was a favorite.
I remember the snuggles well reading to my children
I received a set of Winnie the Pooh board books for my baby shower and read them to my daughter all the time.
I remember reading the AA Milne books as a child. My daughter also loves Winnie.
I read The Winnie the Pooh stories that was out in the Little Golden Books.
My mother gave me my old, dog-eared copy of Winnie The Pooh before I had my kids so I could share it with them.
I remember loving Winnie the Pooh because he had such amazing friends and all the awesome adventures he would go on.
loved Winnie
I used to have a few Winnie the Pooh books in my room as a kid 🙂
i really didn’t know Winnie the Pooh as a child but my own children did, had the nursery all in Winnie the Pooh!
I love the Winnie The Pooh stories and the animated series when I was growing up. I have a book I have tried to read to my son but he is a little young yet.
No real special memories but I always enjoyed watching the show.
Yes, my mom had a really old collection of Winnie the Pooh stories in a large book that she always read to me when I was young, and now she reads the stories to my girls.
I have such fond memories of reading these books as a child. Thank you for the opportunity!
My special memory is watching the TV show/movies with my little brother. There was a live action one (with people dressed as the characters) that in hindsight was probably creepy, but we loved it.