While doing last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve, 'I came across a small bear looking, I thought, very sorry for himself as he was the only one who hadn't been sold,' Bond recalled in the autobiography series Something about the Author. Publication Order of Paddington Bear Books A Bear Called Paddington, (1938) More About Paddington, (1959) Paddington Helps Out, (1960) Paddington Abroad, (. Books by Michael Bond (Author of A Bear Called Paddington) Books by Michael Bond Michael Bond Average rating 4.20 114,010 ratings 4,763 reviews shelved 180,211 times Showing 30 distinct works.

In fact, Bond, who had been working for BBC radio in the 1950s, got the idea from a purchase he made out of sympathy for a plush toy. 00 Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming 3. 763 editions British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a.He published more than 200 books, including roughly one Paddington book a year for the first decade of the series, and Bond's publisher says his books sold more than 35 million copies.īut none of that success was foreordained. Book 1 Casino Royale by Ian Fleming 3.74

'He will be forever remembered for his creation of the iconic Paddington, with his duffle coat and wellington boots, which touched my own heart as a child and will live on in the hearts of future generations.'īond was prolific - both with Paddington and an assortment of other characters - and wrote not only for children, but also for adult readers. Author: Michael Bond Illustrator: Peggy Fortnum Publisher: HarperCollins Interest age: 6+ Reading age: 8+ Half a century after he first appeared in print, Paddington Bear is back. 'He was a true gentleman, a bon viveur, the most entertaining company and the most enchanting of writers,' said Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books.

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