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Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He appears in 11 books by Michael Bond.Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear, and in the illustrations resembles a teddy bear rather than a real bear. He wears a duffle-coat and wellingtons.
Like Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest he was found on a railway station (Jack Worthing being found at Victoria). To be precise he is found at Paddington in London, coming from "deepest, darkest Peru" and with a note attached to his coat reading "please look after this bear, thank you". The Brown family takes him in and the stories follow Paddington's adventures and mishaps in England. He is notably fond of marmalade sandwiches. He is a clumsy bear and always get things wrong, however he is known to "try so hard to get things right". The fictional Brown family live at the address of 32, Windsor Gardens which is close to the Portobello Road.
First published in 1958:
- 11 novels, 2 collections of short stories
- many appearances in picture books & other publications
- merchandise (such as stationery aimed at the school market).
- televised by the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere and produced by Michael Bond. (This was a mixture of stop-motion puppetry and two-dimensional background animation. Animator Ivor Wood also worked on The Magic RoundaboutThe Magic Roundabout was an animated children's television programme created in France in 1963, and shown in the UK with an English narration from 18 October 1965 to January 1977. One of the animators was the British Ivor Wood, who went on to animate Padd and Postman PatPostman Pat was a much loved BBC stop motion animated children's television series aimed at pre-school children, concerning the adventures of Pat, a postman in the (fictional) Cumbrian village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale)..) The series was narrated by Michael HordernMichael Hordern ( October 3, 1911- May 2, 1995) was a British actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre. For much of his career, Hordern was mainly known for comic roles, such as Mr Toad in Toad of Toad Hall on stage, but in his later years,, who was later knighted, although probably not just for that reason.
Street traders on the Peruvian shores of Lake TiticacaLake Titicaca ( Spanish: Lago Titicaca is South America's largest lake and, at 3821 m above sea level, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. Titicaca has a surface area of approximately 8300 square kilometres. Located in the Altiplano high now offer tourists home-made finger-puppets of Paddington.
Paddington's influence on fashion has been limited to his hat. At Paddington's first appearance, the upturned brim at the front of his crush hat was irretrievably gauche, By the end of the 1990s it had become de rigueur among Sloane RangerThe term Sloane Ranger (often pluralised to just Sloanes refers to the lifestyle of upper- middle class young women living in west London. It was coined by British author Peter York in his book the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (co-authored with Ann Bars.
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