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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Pooh Day (January 18) - Adult
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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.
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Four brand new stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends. Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, meet a dragon, and then go on a quest to discover the "Sauce of the Nile"; all the animals rally around poor Eeyore when he thinks he sees another donkey eyeing his clover; a penguin arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood during the winter.
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"When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became the regiment's much-loved mascot. But who could care...
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"Even as a cub, there was something special about that bear. She longed to climb higher than any bear had ever gone. She wasn't afraid to ask a squirrel for help. She wondered if there was anything bigger than the Woods. And then, on August 24, 1914, she met Lieutenant Harry Colebourn. He named her Winnie and made her the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade. Together they crossed the ocean to where the Great War raged. It was a time of...
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Puffin easy-to-read volume level 2
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One fine day, Winnie the Pooh discovers his friend Christopher Robin putting on his Big Boots. Pooh knows that this means an adventure is at hand. An adventure will mean provisions. And provisions mean food!
11) Now we are six
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"Now We Are Six is a classic book of delightful children's poetry for those "six or sixty-six" by A.A. Milne, illustrated in the memorable style of E.H. Shepard. Here we finally learn Pooh Bear's true name: Winnie-The-Pooh"--
14) The natural world of Winnie-the-Pooh: a walk through the forest that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood
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Explores the inspiration for A.A. Milne's fictional Hundred Acre Wood, South-East England's Ashdown Forest, and how it influenced the author's famous works.
19) Pooh's Valentine
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It is Valentine's Day in the Hundred-Acre-Wood and Pooh and his friends decide to make cards to exchange with each other at a party.
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A tribute to Winnie the Pooh, looking at the origins of the beloved bear, introducing the characters who live with Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood, discussing Disney's involvement with the Pooh stories, presenting the Pooh films, and considering the continuing popularity of Pooh and his friends.