Michael Bond
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Thomas Michael Bond, OBE (born 1926-01-13) is an English writer of children's stories; his best-known creation is Paddington Bear.
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[edit] A Bear Called Paddington (1958)
Quotations are cited from the 1st US edition (New York: Dell, 1958).
- "There aren't many of us left where I come from."
"And where is that?" asked Mrs. Brown.
The bear looked round carefully before replying.
"Darkest Peru."- Page 9
- The bear bent down to do up its case again. As he did so, Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of the writing on the label. It said, simply, PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU.
- Page 10
- Paddington had a very persistent stare when he cared to use it. It was a very powerful stare. One which his Aunt Lucy had taught him and which he kept for special occasions.
- Pages 53-54
[edit] Criticism
- Paddington…has become a part of the folk-lore of childhood, not because he appears in a great or even a particularly good book, but because there is something in his personality which lodges permanently in the imagination.
- Marcus Crouch The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-70 (London: Ernest Benn, 1972) p. 107.
