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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2015, 06:44 AM Apr 2015

Winnie

During World War 1, Canadian Army Lieutenant Harry Coleburn bought a bear cub for $20 from a hunter in White River, Ontario. He named her Winnipeg, after his hometown, and smuggled her to England where “Winnie” became the mascot of his regiment. He later donated her to the London Zoo where the son of a local playwright often visited, a boy named Christopher Robin Milne.

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Winnie (Original Post) My Good Babushka Apr 2015 OP

I have all those books still to this day. cwydro Apr 2015 #1

This is a new book, elleng Apr 2015 #2

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

1. I have all those books still to this day.

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 09:26 AM

Apr 2015

Sadly, I don't think Christopher got on well with his father.

elleng

(130,667 posts)

2. This is a new book,

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 11:30 AM

Apr 2015

Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh,
I've given it to my daughters, who have baby boys now. It's informative and delightful.

http://www.amazon.com/Winnie-Story-Inspired-Winnie-Pooh/dp/0805097155

Suggests nothing about Christopher and his father not getting along. His father wrote the stories at Christopher's request.

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