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Paddington’s Twelve Days of Christmas
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Celebrate Christmas with everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington – now a major movie star! Everyone in the Brown family is singing about some wonderful Christmas gifts they’ve received. But Paddington can’t even find the partridge in a pear tree! He sets out to solve the mystery and...
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Celebrate Christmas with everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington – now a major movie star!
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Description
Celebrate Christmas with everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington – now a major movie star!
Everyone in the Brown family is singing about some wonderful Christmas gifts they’ve received. But Paddington can’t even find the partridge in a pear tree! He sets out to solve the mystery and is soon planning a spectacular Christmas Day surprise …
Sing along with Paddington Bear in this funny festive story!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008664572
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 25 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Contributors:
- Illustrated by R. W. Alley
- Illustrated by R. W. Alley
- Illustrated by R. W. Alley
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 265.0mm
Height: 271.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 32
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. R. W. Alley has illustrated many children's books. he lives in Rhode Island, USA, with is wife and two children.
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