Paddington: A Classic Collection
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Paddington: A Classic Collection
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for nearly sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, ten classic paperback novels are brought together in this special slipcase edition. Paddington is now a major movie star!
Paddington: A Classic Collection by Michael Bond brings together ten beloved stories of the charming bear with a penchant for getting into delightful predicaments. Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for nearly sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, ten classic paperback novels are brought together in this special slipcase edition.
Paddington is now a major movie star! Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him at Paddington station. Since then, their lives have never been quite the same… for things just seem to happen to Paddington. Wherever there is excitement to be found, whether it be a flooded bathroom, menacing dumplings, or a bear overboard, Paddington is never far from the scene…
The slipcase contains:
- A Bear Called Paddington
- Paddington Abroad
- Paddington Goes to Town
- More About Paddington
- Paddington Helps Out
- Paddington Takes the Air
- Paddington at Large
- Paddington on Top
- Paddington Marches On
- Paddington at Work
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008264017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Multiple-component retail product, slip-cased
Date Published: 05 October 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books
Edition: 10-book Slipcase edition
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 123.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 1620g
Pages: 1140
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. 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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