This lovely hardback illustrated picture book tale is the real story that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a vet on his way to tend horses in World War 1, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, and he took her 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 an army base in England… And finally to London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend – a boy named Christopher Robin…