The Best of Paddington on CD
Published: 2008
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This book is part of a book series called Paddington .
This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.
This book was published in 2008 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. 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.
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.
This book features the following characters:
Paddington
This book features Bond's character, Paddington.
Mr Curry
This book features Bond's character, Mr Curry.
Mr Gruber
This book features Bond's character, Mr Gruber.
Mrs Bird
This book features Bond's character, Mrs Bird.
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
