Available Formats
Hardback, Gift edition
Published: 7th November 2013
Hardback, Anniversary edition
Published: 4th October 2023
A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington)
By (Author) Michael Bond
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
4th October 2023
12th October 2023
Anniversary edition
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Bears
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
823.914
Hardback
144
Width 157mm, Height 209mm, Spine 19mm
530g
Unabridged and illustrated in glorious full-colour throughout, this exquisite gift edition of the original story of everyones favourite bear, Paddington, is truly to be treasured! Paddington is now a major movie star.
A bear On Paddington station Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. Dont be silly, Henry. There cant be!
Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.
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 bearhas 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 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.