by Michael Bond (Author), Thierry Elfezzani (Illustrator)
Paddington, the bear from Darkest Peru, who was found lost on Paddington Station. The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear. Ordinary things - like having a bath, travelling underground or going to the seaside became quite extraordinary, if a bear called Paddington was involved.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: New e.
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
Published: 02 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0007112343
ISBN 13: 9780007112340
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children's literature
The Teacher
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.