The Paddington stories have been translated into more than 30 languages. Paddington gets into a great deal of innocent trouble, despite his good intentions, but everything always turns out well in the end. He tries very hard to do the right thing, but makes the same mistakes that all children make as they grow up. He has his first bath he attempts to mow the lawn he takes up painting the family goes to the movies.

Several of the Paddington books are available as e-books and e-audios. His adventures continue in more than a dozen chapter books, each containing six or seven stand-alone chapters/stories about Paddington, as well as several single-story picture books for younger children. The book tells the story of how Paddington traveled to London from 'darkest Peru.' He is found by the Brown family, lost and confused, at Paddington Station. His first book, A Bear Called Paddington ( e-book, e-audio, print) was published in 1958, introducing the beloved bear to the world. He began writing short stories while stationed in Cairo, and had several plays produced during the decade after the war. He is best known as the creator of Paddington Bear.īond dropped out of school at 14, and enlisted in the British Army at 17, during World War II. Paddington was so real to them that the bear was seen as a member of their family and “an extension of my father, which means he will always be with us,” she said.Michael Bond was born on January 13, 1926. His daughter, Karen Jankel, described her father as a “master of one-liners”, who could see the humour in any situation and had “a twinkle in his eye”. Paul's, and was published on 27 June 2018, one year after Bond's death. This adventure is called Paddington at St. Michael Bond is still sadly missed since he died in 2017 June, but he left us a present - one last adventure for Paddington Bear. Michael has twice been recognised for his services to children's literature: in 1997 Michael Bond was awarded an OBE and in 2002 he was honoured in an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, celebrating a century of childrens authors. Bears don't need much encouragement, and Paddington has since filled the pages of fourteen novels, a variety of picture books, and many other projects written for the young at heart of all ages. Bought as a ‘stocking filler’ for his first wife, Brenda, it was to act as the inspiration for A Bear Called Paddington, first published 13 October 1958. He was taking refuge in Selfridges when he came across a small toy bear, literally left on the shelf. The inspiration for his most famous creation came one snowy Christmas Eve. Its acceptance by London Opinion sowed the seeds of a future career, but before becoming a full-time writer he was to spend many happy and fruitful years as a BBC television cameraman. During the war he served with both the RAF and the army, and it was in 1947, while stationed in Cairo, that he wrote his first short story. On leaving school at the age of fourteen, he spent a year in a lawyers' office before joining the BBC as an engineer. After ten days I found that I had a book on my hands.“ Īuthor of over one hundred books, Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1926 and grew up in Reading. I wrote some stories about the bear, more for fun than with the idea of having them published. I took it home as a present for my wife Brenda, and named it Paddington, as we were living near Paddington Station at the time. “I saw it left on a shelf in a London store, and felt sorry for it. A Bear Called Paddington (1958) “It all began when I bought a small toy bear on Christmas Eve 1956,” he recalls.

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