Michael Bond (1926 –2017)

“It's nice having a bear about the house.”

― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

Author of over one hundred books, many of them for children, Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1926, but he grew up in Reading. On leaving school at the age of fourteen, he spent a year in a lawyers’ office before joining the BBC as an engineer.

During the war he served with both the RAF and the army, and it was in 1947, while stationed in Cairo, that he wrote his first short story. Its acceptance by London Opinion sowed the seeds of a future career, but before becoming a full-time writer he was to spend many happy and fruitful years as a BBC television cameraman.

One snowy Christmas Eve he was taking refuge in Selfridges when he came across a small toy bear, literally left on the shelf. Bought as a ‘stocking filler’ for his first wife, Brenda, it was to act as the inspiration for A Bear Called Paddington, first published fifty years ago, in 1958.

In 1997 Michael Bond was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to children’s literature, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Michael Bond died in London on 27 June 2017, at the age of 91.

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Paddington at Work Michael Bond HK$90.00 Love From Paddington Michael Bond HK$135.00 Paddington: Paddington in London Annie Auerbach HK$38.00   Paddington: Paddington's World Annie Auerbach HK$38.00 Paddington: Meet Paddington (ICR LV1) Annie Auerbach HK$38.00 Paddington: Paddington's Adventures (ICR LV1) Annie Auerbach HK$38.00   The Paddington Treasury For The Very Young Michael Bond HK$225.00 Paddington: The Story of the Movie Jeanne Willis HK$84.00 Paddington's Prize Picture (I Can Read Lv 1) Michael Bond HK$47.00   A Bear Called Paddington Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00 More About Paddington Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00 Paddington Abroad Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00   Paddington At Large Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00 Paddington on Top Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00 Paddington Helps Out Peggy Fortnum, Michael Bond HK$90.00
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