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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]
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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He met author Michael Bond in 1997 [1] and after an audition [4] began illustrating the Paddington Bear book series. [8] [9] He illustrated Bond's final book, Paddington at Saint Paul's, in 2018, [10] and has illustrated more than 20 books in the series as of 2024. [8] [11] He is the longest-serving Paddington Bear illustrator. [9]
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond; illustrations by R.W. Alley ($19.99; HarperCollins) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson