When Paddington is given the opportunity to earn GBP100 a week selling vacuum cleaners it seems too good a chance to miss...

But Paddington soon finds out that being a sales man isn't as easy as it may seem especially when his first customer is Mr Curry. Of course in order to do a really good demonstration it is important to create a really difficult job for the vacuum cleaner to deal with. So what will happen when Paddington can't find a socket to plug the machine into?

AGE -4-7

This book is part of a book series called Paddington .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Michael Bond has published many books including the phenomenally-successful Paddington Bear books and in 1997 received the OBE for his services to children's literature.