Paddington the Artist - Softcover

Bond, Michael

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006647456 ISBN 13: 9780006647454

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2014

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When Mr Gruber shows Paddington an outdoor painting exhibition he is inspired to take up a new hobby...

He collects all his paints and brushes from his room and goes out into the garden to work on his masterpieces. Soon Paddington has enough pictures to open his own exhibition outside No. 32 Windsor Gardens. Paddington becomes rather discouraged when no one stops to buy one. But there is one mysterious person who appreciates Paddington’s art...

AGE 4-7

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Review:

Praise for the Paddington series:

‘I’ve always had great respect for Paddington...He is a British institution.’ Stephen Fry

‘Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children’s literature.’ The Teacher

‘Michael Bond’s accident-prone bear...has become one of the most enduring of children’s characters.’ The Bookseller

About the Author:

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 children’s 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.

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