This treasury marks Paddington's 40th year in America, with a comprehensive collection of Sir Michael Bond's beloved stories. Peggy Fortnum's line drawings have been watercolored by her step-granddaughter Caroline Nuttall-Smith, who was not yet born when the books were first published. Since the Browns first discovered him at London's Paddington Station wearing a tag that read "Please look after this bear," Paddington's popularity has grown and his books have sold 25 million copies worldwide in 22 languages. The enduring appeal of this small bear from Darkest Peru ensures that he will be discovered by generations to come. Those well versed in Paddington's antics know that he does tend to make ordinary occasions more exciting. While readers of all ages may laugh as he bumbles from one near disaster to another, it is always a relief to find a happy ending.
Paddington Treasury ANNOTATION Recounts many adventures of a small bear, from the day the Browns find him at London's Paddington railway station, to the day they buy him a ticket to return to Peru for his Aunt Lucy's hundredth birthday.
FROM THE PUBLISHER This treasury marks Paddington's 40th year in America, with a comprehensive collection of Sir Michael Bond's beloved stories. Peggy Fortnum's line drawings have been watercolored by her step-granddaughter Caroline Nuttall-Smith, who was not yet born when the books were first published. Since the Browns first discovered him at London's Paddington Station wearing a tag that read "Please look after this bear," Paddington's popularity has grown and his books have sold 25 million copies worldwide in 22 languages. The enduring appeal of this small bear from Darkest Peru ensures that he will be discovered by generations to come. Those well versed in Paddington's antics know that he does tend to make ordinary occasions more exciting. While readers of all ages may laugh as he bumbles from one near disaster to another, it is always a relief to find a happy ending. SYNOPSIS Parents will want to use this as read-aloud material: it provides a thick treasury of Paddington Bear stories, accompanied by
Peggy Fortnum's line drawings watercolored by her step-granddaughter. Paddington Bear is always in trouble, and this
provides an excellent, whimsical set of adventures for newcomers and prior Paddington fans in a fine keepsake edition. FROM THE CRITICS Children's Literature - Kathleen Karr The little bear from Darkest Peru is back in full glory with its original illustrations hand-colored in watercolors by Fortnum's step granddaughter, Caroline Nuttall-Smith. Bond has compiled all his Paddington stories with an added Introduction in which he explains the evolution of the original story idea which resulted in the publication of "A Bear Called Paddington" in 1958 (although Bond himself, perhaps having told the tale so many times, calls it 1965). At any rate, the edition is a handsome one, with lovely thick paper, and type big enough for reading to, or being read by a new generation of youngsters. It should surely cause a surge in the marmalade market.
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