Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
39 Total Resources 9 Awards 12 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2015
Word Count 1,525
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 176655, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Soldiers
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
- Winnipeg (Bear)--Fiction
- Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956--Fiction
- Winnipeg (Bear)
- Bears
- Soldiers--Fiction
- Bears--Fiction
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947--Fiction
- Colebourn, Harry
- Winnipeg (Bear)--Juvenile fiction
- Colebourn, Harry, 1887-1947--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Milne, A. A
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
- Sample: EL Education
- Sample: Bookworms Grade 3 Classroom Libr
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Sophie Blackall about Finding Winnie
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sophie Blackall
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Little, Brown and Company
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Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Erin Moon
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Dreamscape Media
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
World History & Culture Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Winner, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Picture Book Selection, 2015
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