Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Written By: Lindsay Mattick
Illustrated By: Sophie Blackall
Published By: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2015
Heartwarming, True, Memories, Family, What you do Matters
Reading Level
Accelerated Reader: 3.4
Lexile: 590L
DRA: 4254
Fountas & Pinnell: I-P
Suggested Delivery
Read Aloud
Electronic Resources
This website has a video about the book, why the author choose to write it, and what she hopes parents and children will get out of the story.
The author's website has information about the book as well as information about projects she has set up and a tour she took to follow the footsteps of her grandfather and the other soldiers he served with.
Teaching Suggestions
Vocabulary
Trapper: A person that traps animals for their fur
Reading Strategies
Before Reading: Watch the authors video about the book and why she wrote it to help students feel more connected with what they are reading
During Reading: Post-Its- Students can write post-its of information they learned, found interesting or surprised them
After Reading: Have students ask their classmates questions about the story as if they were a reporter writing an article about the topic.
Writing Activity
Read the story Winnie by Sally Walker. Have the students compare and contrast the two stories.they can write about why the two authors chose to start their stories in different places and other differences. Students can also write about the personal connection between Lindsay Mattick and the book.
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