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Book Suggestions Published in 2023 Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art (2023, by: Salyer, Hannah, LE, Stone Age, Cave Art) Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport (2023, by: Stelson, Caren, LE, MG, Holocaust, Kindertransport) Love is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement (2023, by: Wallace, Sandra Neil, LE, MG, Civil Rights) Hidden Hope (2023, by: Boxer, Elisa, LE, MG, Holocaust, Jewish Resistance) History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People (2023, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, Colonization, Exploration, Caribbean, Indigenous Americans) Race to the Truth: Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (2023, by: Coombs, Linda, MG, UMG, Colonial America, Indigenous Americans, Wampanoag, Colonization) Wild Bird (2023, by: Zahler, Diane, UMG, YA, Plagues, Medieval Life, Bubonic Plague) In the Tunnel (2023, by: Lee, Julie, UMG, Korean War, Escaping North Korea) The Lost Year (2023, by: Marsh, Katherine, UMG, Soviet Union, Holodomor) The Windeby Puzzle (2023, by: Lowry, Lois, UMG, YA, Archaeology) Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (2023, by: Dimaline, Cherie, UMG, YA, Metis Nation, Retelling, Indigenous Americans, LGBTQ+) The Davenports (2023, by: Marquis, Krystal, YA, A, African American History, Great Migration, Civil Rights) For Lamb (2023, by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, YA, A, Segregation, lynching, Great Migration, Jim Crow) The Blood Years (2023, by: Arnold, Elana K., YA, A, Holocaust) A Fire Among Clouds: Codex Black (2023, by: Lozano, Camilo Moncada, YA, Indigenous Americans, Mesoamerican Mythology) Immortality: A Love Story (2023, by: Schwartz, Dana, YA, A, Medicine, Graverobbers, Women in Science) My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (2023, by: Bayron, Kalynn, YA, A, Victorian Era, LGBTQ+, Retelling) The Woman With the Cure (2023, by: Cullen, Lynn, YA, A, History of Science, Women in Science, Vaccines) The Fight for Midnight (2023, by: Solomon, Dan, YA, Reproductive Rights) The House is on Fire (2023, by: Beanland, Rachel, A, Antebellum South, Disasters, Escaped Slaves) Looking for Jane (2023, by: Marshall, Heather, A, Reproductive Rights) Pandora (2023, by: Stokes-Chapman, Susan, A, Women in Art, Greek Mythology) See also: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 9/18/2023 Modern Age Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear Author: Mattick, Lindsay Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1915-1918 Geographic Area: World Country: England, Canada Topics: WWI Genre: Non Fiction Reading Age: Lower Elementary, Middle Grade Format: Picture Book Published: 2015 World History > Modern Age > WWI A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the Caldecott Medal about the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England... And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin. Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! Emily's Review Having been a fan of Winnie the Pooh since childhood, you might be surprised that it took me this long to pick up this picture book. I heard about it, but for whatever reason, I just hadn't gotten to it yet. But I regret waiting so long. This book is absolutely delightful. Have you ever wondered where an author gets their ideas from? Maybe you know that Christopher Robin's toy bear inspired his father. But what inspired Christopher Robin? Enter Winnipeg the bear, Winnie for short. She was just a cub when Harry Colebourn found her on his way to the War front. He named her after his hometown, and little Winnie became a sort of mascot for the troops. But as much as they had become family, Harry couldn't bring Winnie to battle. So he brought her to the London Zoo. That's where Christopher Robin met her and fell in love. He loved Winnie so much, that he finally settled on a name for his favorite bear - Winnie the Pooh. I loved the way the author chose to tell this story - a mother telling a bedtime story to her child, complete with interruptions for questions - how very A.A. Milne-ish! It made this feel even more connected to the Pooh stories I've long cherished. The illustrations are lovely as well and really complement the story. I hope you won't wait as long as I did to pick up this book! It's a great bedtime story and a great way to include a younger sibling in a history lesson on WWI. Other Similar Books Other suggestions on the subject of World War I. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (by: Mattick, Lindsay, LE, MG) You Wouldn't Want to Be in the Trenches in World War One (by: Woolf, Professor Alex, LE, MG) At Battle in World War I: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure (by: Lassieur, Allison, MG) War Horse (by: Morpurgo, Michael, MG, UMG) The Singing Tree (by: Seredy, Kate, MG) After the Dancing Days (by: Rostkowski, Margaret, MG) Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (by: Hale, Nathan, MG, UMG) The War to End All Wars (by: Freedman, Russell, UMG, YA) Lines of Courage (by: Nielsen, Jennifer A., UMG) Where Poppies Grow (by: Granfield, Linda, UMG) The Button War (by: Avi, UMG) Truce (by: Murphy, Jim, UMG) The Harlem Hellfighters (by: Myers, Walter Dean, UMG, YA) Hattie Big Sky (by: Larson, Kirby, UMG, YA) Lovely War (by: Berry, Julie, YA) The Foreshadowing (by: Sedgwick, Marcus, YA) Things a Bright Girl Can Do (by: Nicholls, Sally, YA, A) All Quiet on the Western Front (by: Remarque, Erich Maria, YA, A) Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics (by: Atwood, Karen J., YA, A) To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion (by: Hochschild, Adam, YA, A) The Dictionary of Lost Words (by: Williams, Pip, A) What's New: Books. 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