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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]
The UK’s favourite anthropomorphic bear, Paddington, has been granted a British passport.. The character, full name Paddington Brown, was born and orphaned in Peru as a cub and arrived in London ...
Paddington station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The permanent building opened in 1854. Paddington Bear was also named after the station; in Michael Bond's 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington, Paddington is found at the station by the Brown family.
The author Michael Bond introduced Paddington Bear to the world in 1958. [1] Inspired by his purchase of a teddy bear as a Christmas present for his wife, and naming the bear Paddington as the couple lived near Paddington Station, Bond imagined the arrival of a real bear at the station in his first novel, A Bear Called Paddington.
Brace your royal-loving selves and allow yourself a moment to flash back to the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrating her 70-year reign in June 2022. Specifically, the part ...
The fact that people are leaving marmalade sandwiches and Paddington Bears, I find it cute and kind of amusing, because that's how you remember the queen, it is really upsetting because it is just ...
Barbara Ker Wilson AM (24 September 1929 – 10 September 2020) was an English-born Australian novelist.She is credited as the person who "discovered" Paddington Bear.She wrote over twenty books and collated collections of stories.