Paddington Helps Out
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What other bear could upset the whole cinema by standing on his seat to boo the âbad guyâ in the cowboy film? Or drip ice-cream on the people down below? Or flood the launderette and saw Mr Curryâs kitchen into little pieces? Only Paddington! But when Paddingtonâs head is so full of ideas, some things are bound to go wrong!
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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 childrenâs 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.
