Module 1- Picture Books
Caldecott Award Medal
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mattick, Lindsay. 2015. FINDING WINNIE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS BEAR. Ill. by Sophie Blackall. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0316324908
2. PLOT SUMMARY
In this picture book Lindsay Mattick tells a story to her son about his great-great-grandfather, Harry Colebourn who saved a bear from a trapper. Harry lived in Winnipeg, so he named the bear Winnie. He was in the service and going to care for the horses and found the bear at one of the train stops. This bear did everything with Harry and the other soldiers until one day they had to go to France and the bear could not go with him because he was concerned about the safety of the bear. Harry decided the best place for the bear would be the zoo. This was the end of Harry and Winnie’s story, but the beginning of Christopher Robin and Winnie. Christopher Robin had a stuffed bear and named him Winnie. Christopher would visit Winnie at the zoo and then go on adventures with his stuffed bear. Harry visited Winnie at the zoo and saw how happy he was. When he saw how happy he was he knew he had to leave him there and return to Winnipeg.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Mattick’s writing is such a sweet true story. I like how she explains where her sons name comes from. It shows that everyone has a special name. This book shows the character to have a caring nature by listening to his heart and buying the bear. “You have to let one story end so the next one can begin.” I love when she tells her son this because sometimes this is what children need to hear. This is even what adults need to hear sometimes.
I love that at the end of the story it show real pictures and explains who they are where they are from. I like this because you can also discuss some history when reading this book. Also, kids don’t get to see photos like this.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From GoodReads “This book. That bear. Quotable, full of love and history, and a feat of story within story.”
From School Library Journal “Children everywhere will enjoy this tale for years. A must-have.”–Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
From USA Today, “The prestigious Caldecott is awarded to the artist who illustrates the most distinguished picture book of the year. Sophie Blackall illustrated Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).”
5. CONNECTIONS
*Caring enough about something to take it on even though it is going to alter your life because it might alter your life for the better.
*It also explains how things are going to come to an end in our life, but something else is going to begin.
Caldecott Award Medal
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mattick, Lindsay. 2015. FINDING WINNIE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS BEAR. Ill. by Sophie Blackall. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0316324908
2. PLOT SUMMARY
In this picture book Lindsay Mattick tells a story to her son about his great-great-grandfather, Harry Colebourn who saved a bear from a trapper. Harry lived in Winnipeg, so he named the bear Winnie. He was in the service and going to care for the horses and found the bear at one of the train stops. This bear did everything with Harry and the other soldiers until one day they had to go to France and the bear could not go with him because he was concerned about the safety of the bear. Harry decided the best place for the bear would be the zoo. This was the end of Harry and Winnie’s story, but the beginning of Christopher Robin and Winnie. Christopher Robin had a stuffed bear and named him Winnie. Christopher would visit Winnie at the zoo and then go on adventures with his stuffed bear. Harry visited Winnie at the zoo and saw how happy he was. When he saw how happy he was he knew he had to leave him there and return to Winnipeg.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Mattick’s writing is such a sweet true story. I like how she explains where her sons name comes from. It shows that everyone has a special name. This book shows the character to have a caring nature by listening to his heart and buying the bear. “You have to let one story end so the next one can begin.” I love when she tells her son this because sometimes this is what children need to hear. This is even what adults need to hear sometimes.
I love that at the end of the story it show real pictures and explains who they are where they are from. I like this because you can also discuss some history when reading this book. Also, kids don’t get to see photos like this.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From GoodReads “This book. That bear. Quotable, full of love and history, and a feat of story within story.”
From School Library Journal “Children everywhere will enjoy this tale for years. A must-have.”–Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
From USA Today, “The prestigious Caldecott is awarded to the artist who illustrates the most distinguished picture book of the year. Sophie Blackall illustrated Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).”
5. CONNECTIONS
*Caring enough about something to take it on even though it is going to alter your life because it might alter your life for the better.
*It also explains how things are going to come to an end in our life, but something else is going to begin.
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