The Paddington Treasury For The Very Young

Author: Michael Bond

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  • : $34.99 AUD
  • : 9780007371129
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : HarperCollins
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  • : 1.116
  • : October 2009
  • : 286mm X 226mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 34.99
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  • : August 2022
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  • : books

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  • : Michael Bond
  • : Paddington
  • : Hardback
  • : 1017
  • : R. W. Alley
  • : en
  • : 823.914
  • : 4-9
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  • : 160
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  • : chiefly col. Illustrations
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Barcode 9780007371129
9780007371129

Description

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over fifty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, six best-loved classic picture books are brought together in one lavish volume, truly to be treasured. 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 around. This sumptuous treasury brings together six of the most popular stories: Paddington, Paddington at the Zoo, Paddington at the Palace, Paddington in the Garden, Paddington and the Marmalade Maze, and Paddington the Artist.

Reviews

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

Author description

On Christmas Eve, 1956, while working as a BBC cameraman, Michael Bond bought a small toy bear who had been left alone on a shelf in a London department store. Feeling sorry for it, he took it home for his wife and they named it 'Paddington' as they were living near Paddington station. He wrote some stories about the bear, just for fun, but soon found that he had a book on his hands. In 1958, A Bear Called Paddington was published with many, many more stories to follow. Michael still lives in London with his wife, Sue. In 1997 he was awarded the OBE for his services to children's literature.