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Paddington Bear (though his name is just Paddington; the "Bear" simply serves to confirm his species) is a fictional character in British children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book A Bear Called Paddington by British author Michael Bond .
This was the start of Bond's series of books recounting the tales of Paddington Bear, a bear from "darkest Peru", whose Aunt Lucy sends him to the United Kingdom, carrying a jar of marmalade. In the first book the Brown family find the bear at Paddington Station , and adopt him, naming the bear after the station. [ 7 ]
He had created a book for children featuring the talking bear from Peru named Paddington Bear. [1] After reading the draft at one sitting she phoned the author at the number given. She was put through to Lime Green Studios and Michael Bond who told her that as a TV cameraman he was not supposed to take calls at work.
Corduroy is a 1968 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman, and published by The Viking Press. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [1] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [2]
Fortnum's best-known works are her illustrations of Michael Bond's character Paddington Bear. [5] In 1958 she illustrated Paddington's debut the first edition of A Bear Called Paddington [ 6 ] and her original illustrations were used by HarperCollins in its 1998 reissue of A Bear Called Paddington , which celebrated the character's 40th ...
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Paddington is a British children's animated television series based on the Paddington Bear stories written by Michael Bond. Broadcast from 1976 to 1980, the series was scripted by Bond himself, and produced by FilmFair ; [ 1 ] it was narrated by Michael Hordern , who also voiced all of the characters.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books's Kate Quealy-Gainer provided a mixed review, indicating that "Bear’s rambling makes the story a bit text heavy, but Anders the hare is terrifically amusing as the droll friend who breaks the news to Jeff."