Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. Here you can listen to seven hilarious Paddington stories, read by Stephen Fry and Jim Broadbent. Paddington is now a major movie star! 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 fun-filled collection brings together seven of Paddingtons laugh-out-loud adventures, read brilliantly by Jim Broadbent and Stephen Fry. Paddington at St Pauls (Text copyright Michael Bond 2018)Paddington at the Carnival (Text copyright Michael Bond 1997)Paddington at the Circus (Text copyright Michael Bond 2000)Paddington the Artist (Text copyright Michael Bond 1985)Paddington at the Hospital (Text copyright Michael Bond and Karen Jankel 2001)Paddington at the Tower (Text copyright Michael Bond 1975, 2011)Paddington's Christmas Surprise(Text copyright Michael Bond 1997, 2008)

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Paddington .

This book has been graded for interest at 3 years.

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 in 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Comedian, actor and writer Stephen Fry was born in 1957 in London and brought up in Norfolk. He attended Queen's College Cambridge from 1979, joining the Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club where he met Hugh Laurie, with whom he forged a highly successful creative partnership. He also trod the boards with the likes of Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery in the Footlights. Critical acclaim was followed by popular appeal with the move to television. Memorable outings included Blackadder, A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster . Big screen outings included Wilde , Gosford Park and Peter's Friends. He also read all of the Harry Potter books for the highly successful unabridged audiobook edtions. He has written for television and screen, and as a newspaper columnist - for the Literary Review, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian . Stephen Fry's four novels are The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls . He has also published Moab is My Washpot - an autobiography; and Rescuing the Spectacled Bear - his diary of the making of a documentary on the plight of the spectacled bears of Peru. His latest book is Stephen Fry in America . His websites is www. stephenfry. com. Stella Blackstone has written many popular titles for Barefoot Books, including the Bear and Cleo series, An Island in the Sun (PB: 978-1-84148-194-4), Secret Seahorse (PB: 978-1-84148-876-9; BB: 978-1-90523-614-5) and Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? (BB: 978-1-90523-618-3). Stella lives with her family in Somerset. Anne Wilson has an MA in Illustration from St. Martin's College of Art, London. She has been illustrating children's books for several years, and her other Barefoot projects include We're Sailing Down the Nile (HC: 978-1-84686-039-3) and The Great Race (PB: 978-1-84686-077-5). Anne lives in Reading with her husband and daughter. Jim Broadbent is one of the UK's most versatile and respected actors, appearing in numerous film, television and theatre productions. In 2002 he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe for his role in 'Iris'. Other films include: 'Moulin Rouge'; 'Gangs of New York'; 'Nicholas Nickleby'; 'Life Is Sweet'; 'Topsy Turvy'; 'Vera Drake'; and the 'Bridget Jones' films. He has also appeared in productions for the Royal National Theatre and the RSC. 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.