No. of pages 1968
Published: 2013
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Brought together for the very first time, all 13 novels about Paddington, the beloved, classic bear from Darkest Peru!
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.
From arriving at Paddington station and meeting the Brown family, to being mistaken for a famous athlete, with plenty of laugh-out-lad mishaps along the way, there is certainly never a dull moment in this fabulous story collection!
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over fifty years.
This book is part of a book series called Paddington .
This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.
There are 1968 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 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. R. W. Alley is the illustrator of many beloved books, including Because Your Daddy Loves You and its sequels, and the Paddington Bear picture book series. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. Visit his website at www. rwalley. com. 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.
This book is in the following series:
Paddington
Emigre Paddington Bear is found at Paddington Station and then adopted by the Brown family, bringing all manner of trouble and strife along the way in this lovely series.