How to Be More Paddington: A Book of Kindness
By (Author) Michael Bond
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
20th January 2021
29th October 2020
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Bears
Picture storybooks
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage emotions: Compassion, empathy, kindness
823.914
Hardback
128
Width 171mm, Height 221mm, Spine 20mm
510g
Welcome to the wise and wonderful world of everyones favourite bear.
Paddington Bear is a beacon of happiness well meaning, funny and always kind.
Explore Paddingtons unique and universal take on life in this very special collection of warm words about friendship, family, love, laughter and everything in between.
Praise for the Paddington series:
Ive always had great respect for PaddingtonHe is a British institution. Stephen Fry
Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English childrens literature. The Teacher
Michael Bonds accident-prone bearhas become one of the most enduring of childrens characters. The Bookseller
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.