To celebrate Paddington Bear's 60th birthday in 2018 this volume of hilarious classic stories from master storyteller Michael Bond has been given a fresh new look. Paddington is now a major movie star!

"I do wish I could see into Paddington's mind," said Mrs Brown, "I know something's going on. I can recognise the signs."

When the Brown family find Paddington on Paddington station, their lives are soon changed forever... for whether he is taking an interest in detective work, learning to sew or ballroom dancing - extraordinary things just seem to happen to a bear called Paddington....

Three favourite Paddington stories - Paddington Goes to Town, Paddington Takes the Air and Paddington on Top are brought together in this hilarious classic collection.

For sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.

This book is part of a book series called Paddington .

There are 480 pages in this book. This book was published 2049 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. 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. Michael died in 2017, leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time. 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.