Lindsay Mattick is the author of a picture book that delves into her family's unique connection to the world-famous bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. As the great-granddaughter of Captain Harry Colebourn, Mattick grew up imagining Winnie as her own 'great-grandbear.' She has shared her family's narrative through a radio documentary and spearheaded an original exhibition to commemorate the end of WWI. After a decade in public relations crafting others' stories, she now enthusiastically shares her own.
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and how the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Unglaublich, berührend, sensationell und spannend für Generationen von Winnie-the-Pooh-Fans! Wer hätte gedacht, dass es ihn, Pardon, sie wirklich gegeben hat? Winnie, auch bekannt als „Pu, der Bär“, war eine Amerikanische Schwarzbärin, die der kanadische Soldat Harry Colebourn auf seinem Weg zur Front im ersten Weltkrieg fand. Wie er sie liebevoll aufzog und nach Europa brachte, und wie es schließlich zu den Geschichten im Siebenmorgenwald kam, erzählt dessen Urenkelin Lindsay Mattick einfühlsam ihrem eigenen Sohn. Und wir dürfen lauschen, staunen und Kopfschütteln. Um hinterher glücklich und dankbar zu sein, dass dies alles wirklich wahr ist und unser Liebling durch A. A. Milnes Erzählungen unvergesslich wurde.