A Bear Called Paddington

Name: A Bear Called Paddington
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SKU: 9780008726348
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By Michael Bond

Series: HarperCollins Children’s Classics

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The original story of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! “A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.” A Bear Called Paddington begins as Paddington Bear travels all the way from Darkest Peru, where... Read More

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The original story of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star!

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The original story of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star!

“A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.”

A Bear Called Paddington begins as Paddington Bear travels all the way from Darkest Peru, where he first meets the Brown family at Paddington station. From that moment on, their lives have never been quite the same. Ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.

For more than sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008726348

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 160

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Michael Bond Paddington Bear Series: HarperCollins Children’s Classics

About the Author

Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 13 January 1926 and educated at Presentation College, Reading. He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before working as a cameraman for BBC TV for 19 years. In 2015, Michael was awarded a CBE for his services to children's literature, to add to the OBE he received in 1997. Michael died in 2017, leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time. Peggy Fortnum was born in 1919 in Harrow, England, the youngest of six children. She graduated from the Central School of Art in London after the war interrupted her studies at Tunbridge Wells Art School, then worked as an art teacher, painter and textile designer before becoming a full-time book illustrator.

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