A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colbourn, rescued a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. This book won the Caldecott Medal - for the most distinguished Picture book of the year in 2016 - see the acceptance speech below. |
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Bruce is a grumpy bear who likes no one and only eats eggs, but when some eggs he was planning to boil hatch and the gosling believe he is their mother, he must try to make the best of it. Authurs website: ryanthiggins.com National Geographic Kids: Canada Goose http://bit.ly.24/jdAg9 Learn about the endangered Whooping Crane and efforts to save the species with aircraft guided bird migration. http://operationmigration.org/
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