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A fantastic new picture book based on the Emmy-award winning preschool series The Adventures of Paddington!
Read this brilliant, funny children’s book from the TV tie-in series of Paddington!
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A fantastic new picture book based on the Emmy-award winning preschool series The Adventures of Paddington!
When Paddington lets go of Jonathan’s amazing new helium dinosaur balloon, he goes on an epic adventure to try and retrieve it, drifting over London’s most famous landmarks on his way.
Will Paddington be able to catch the runaway balloon before it is lost forever?
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008497873
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 May 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 190g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Inspiring a lifelong love of reading with our award-winning children's books, timeless classics and brilliantly funny blockbusters, HarperCollins Children's Books is home to some of the most popular authors in children's literature today, including David Walliams, Hannah Gold, Michael Morpurgo and Oliver Jeffers, as well as much-loved classics like The Tiger Who Came to Tea, A Bear Called Paddington and the Chronicles of Narnia.
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