Paddington Here and Now
By (Author) Michael Bond
Illustrated by R. W. Alley
Cover design or artwork by Peggy Fortnum
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st June 2018
26th May 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2008
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
150g
The hilarious adventures of everyones favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star!
'I'm not a foreigner,' exclaimed Paddington hotly. 'I'm from Darkest Peru.'
Paddington has always felt at home with the Brown family. Then one day, a mysterious visitor arrives at number thirty-two Windsor Gardens. Is it time for Paddington to decide where home really is
For more than sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.
Praise for the Paddington series: '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 bear!has become one of the most enduring of children's 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 1997 he was awarded the OBE for his services to children's literature.