Paddington at the Tower
By (Author) Michael Bond
Illustrated by R. W. Alley
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
5th June 2019
30th January 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
32
Width 259mm, Height 265mm, Spine 2mm
210g
A hilarious story of everyones favourite bear, Paddington now a major movie star!
When Paddington visits the Tower of London he makes sure he has enough marmalade sandwiches to sustain him a whole suitcase in fact!
Unfortunately, it is not only bears who like sandwiches as Paddington is soon to discover
'I've always had great respect for Paddington He is a British institution' Stephen Fry
'Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children's literature' The Teacher
'Michael Bond's accident-prone bearhas become one of the most enduring of children's characters' 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.