Boasting gorgeous full-colour illustrations, this hardback gift edition of Michael Bond's classic book introduces the iconic and much-loved bear from Peru.
Celebrate Paddington’s 65th Anniversary with this exquisite gift edition of the original classic story, unabridged and illustrated in glorious full-colour throughout. Paddington is now a major movie star.
“A bear? On Paddington station?” Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. “Don’t be silly, Henry. There can’t be!”
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 involved.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008589035
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 530 g
Dimensions: 209 x 157 x 19 mm
Edition: Anniversary edition
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.' Teacher 'Michael Bond's accident-prone bear…has become one of the most enduring of children's characters.' Bookseller
The very sad departure of Mr Bond to the great library in the sky prompted my fondest memories of reading this as a child.
What really shines through is Michael Bond's deep and very obviously genuine love for...
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Right at the start, Paddington, with no home or relatives in England, is taken in and accepted by the Brown family as one of their own. This alone is a heartwarming and timeless message. Bond writes with such humour... More
I bought 3 of these boots as a gift to neleis an nieces.
Books came damaged. I posted them back same day. Still waiting for refund. It's over three weeks that books were returned but no refund issued. I contacted...
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