by Michael Bond (Author), R.W.Alley (Illustrator)
Paddington visits the Spring carnival in Little Venice. It's Springtime again and Mr Gruber is taking Paddington down to the canal to join in the the fun at the Spring Carnival. Hoping to win a boat ride for two, the friends enter the Busy Bee Adventure Trail. Paddington soon discovers that he's very good at spotting things beginning with the letter B, but it seems that he's not the only one with his eye on the prize!
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: New
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Published: 06 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 0006647251
ISBN 13: 9780006647256
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: Paddington visits the Spring carnival in Little Venice. After fifty years and over 50 million boosk later, Paddington is known and loved throughout the world and has been published in many different languages, from Hebrew to Latin Paddington Bear celebrates his 50th anniversary in 2008 To support the aniversary there will be bespoke retailer promotions to ensure high visibility and wide distribution of books Paddington is hugely popular and enormous quantities of merchandise are widely available / Competition: Paddington is a leader in his field -- a classic picture book character with no direct competition.
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.