Paddington: A Treasury for the Very Young

Name: Paddington: A Treasury for the Very Young
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9780008395742
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By Michael Bond

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Paddington: A Treasury for the Very Young offers an enchanting collection of stories featuring the beloved Paddington Bear, who has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, seven best-loved classic... Read More

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Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, seven best-loved classic picture books are brought together in this lavish volume, truly to be treasured!

Paddington is now a major movie star!

The Sunday Times bestselling collection of stories perfect for children ages 3+

Description

Paddington: A Treasury for the Very Young offers an enchanting collection of stories featuring the beloved Paddington Bear, who has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, seven best-loved classic picture books are brought together in this lavish volume, truly to be treasured!

Paddington is now a major movie star! 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 around.

This sumptuous treasury brings together seven of the most popular stories:

Paddington
Paddington at the Zoo
Paddington at the Palace
Paddington in the Garden
Paddington and the Marmalade Maze
Paddington the Artist
Paddington at the Tower

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9780008395742

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

Illustrated by R. W. Alley
Illustrated by R. W. Alley

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Length: 21.0mm

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 1210g

Pages: 192

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books In stock at Toy Hero Michael Bond Young Adult

About the Author

Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 13 January 1926 and educated at Presentation College, Reading. He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before working as a cameraman for BBC TV for 19 years. In 2015, Michael was awarded a CBE for his services to children's literature, to add to the OBE he received in 1997. Michael died in 2017, leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time. R. W. Alley has illustrated many children's books. he lives in Rhode Island, USA, with is wife and two children.

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