Ms. Walker shares the story of Winnie in such an interesting manner that my five year old did not protest that it was "nonfiction" (he is not a nonfiction fan!)!
Harry, an veterinarian for the army, is traveling on a train with his group when he spies a cub with a gentleman at a train station. Discovering that the man had become a reluctant caretaker because he had shot the mother bear without realizing she had a cub, Harry offers to take the cub and raise it. The reader hears about Winnie's life as military bear and her eventual residency at the London Zoo where Christopher Robin first encounters her.
Readers will fall in love with Winnie as prior generations had. Very effective writing.
Mr. Voss' playful, expressive illustrations also disguise the fact this book is nonfiction.
End pages contain photographs of Winnie, Harry, A.A Milne and Christopher Robin.
*Highly recommend!
Strategy: connections (T-T -Winnie the Pooh books), schema building
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