The book that I had the pleasure of reading was Finding Winnie, the True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. The book is written by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, and won the Caldecott Medal in 2016. The book flips between past and current eras as the author tells her son the story of her great-grandfather Captain Harry Colebourn and his bear Winnie. The beautiful illustrations help bridge the two storylines together as on most pages there is a small picture of Lindsay and her son within the larger illustrations of Harry and Winnie's journey. the contrasting eras are further pronounced through their distinctive illustration styles. Winne and Harry's style are full-page depictions filled with details and softly colored with watercolors, while Lindsay and Cole's portraits are small, black and white, pen and ink sketches. I believe these separations in style may have been done to help the reader separate what is happening in the story, as the "story within a story" plot could be hard to follow, or easily looked over for a young reader, but having the two separate scenes on one page gives them a visual reminder that there are two plots taking place. Overall the pictures in the book work well to complement and help narrative the written elements of the story.
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