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Friends of the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books

Mark Your Calendars for "Finding Winnie"

19/1/2021

 
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Join us for The 17th Annual Albert & Clara Lahmer Memorial Lecture, a TPL online event taking place on Thursday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.
 
Finding Winnie: The remarkable true story of Winnie-the-Pooh and one great granddaughter’s journey to discover it.

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Lindsay Mattick is the great granddaughter of Captain Harry Colebourn – the Canadian veterinarian and soldier who purchased the small black bear cub that fatefully went on to inspire A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Lindsay will share the adventure she’s had exploring her family history as well as the challenges and rewards of bringing it to life in her award-winning picture book Finding Winnie and the charming middle grade novel Winnie's Great War.

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