Paddington's Finest Hour

Informationen zum Autor 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. R. W. Alley has illustrated many children’s books. he lives in Rhode Island, USA, with is wife and two children. Peggy Fortnum was born in 1919 in Harrow, England, the youngest of six children. She graduated from the Central School of Art in London after the war interrupted her studies at Tunbridge Wells Art School, then worked as an art teacher, painter and textile designer before becoming a full-time book illustrator. Klappentext A brand new illustrated novel of this most beloved bear from Darkest Peru - voted the UK's best animated character of all time at the British Animation Awards 2012. In "Paddington's Finest Hour" he has a run-in with the police, appears in a TV cookery show and gives one of his hard stares to a hypnotist! Ages: 7-9yrs Zusammenfassung Paddington - the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru! now a major movie star - is back in this fantastically funny! brand new illustrated novel from master storyteller Michael Bond!

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bond
• Assisted by: R. W. Alley (Illustration)
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2017
• EAN: 9780008226190
• ISBN: 978-0-00-822619-0
• No. of pages: 135
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Bears, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 7 years, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime, Children’s / Teenage: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage: Action & adventure stories