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Paddington Here and Now

Michael Bond

Ages 6–10

Readers rate it 4.5 (7 on Hardcover)

176 pages · Released 2008

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Paddington Here and Now parent’s guide: what’s inside

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A note for parents

Paddington Here and Now is a gentle, humorous classic children's story featuring a lovable bear who stumbles into mishaps while trying to help his adoptive family. The book celebrates kindness, acceptance, and family bonds with warmth and charm, making it ideal for early readers. There is no violence, crude language, or mature content; instead, the humor comes from Paddington's innocent misunderstandings and well-intentioned blunders.

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From the publisher

Since the Browns found Paddington on a railway platform and took him home to live with them, there has never been a dull moment at number 32 Windsor Gardens. But as he explained to them at the start, "Things happen to me: I'm that sort of a bear."There's the day his basket on wheels mysteriously disappears when he's ou... Since the Browns found Paddington on a railway platform and took him home to live with them, there has never been a dull moment at number 32 Windsor Gardens. But as he explained to them at the start, "Things happen to me: I'm that sort of a bear."There's the day his basket on wheels mysteriously disappears when he's out shopping in the market. And the time he locks the Browns' grouchy old neighbor, Mr. Curry, out of his house on Halloween night.However, everyone in the family, including Paddington, agrees that a surprise visit from a long-lost relative is the start of his most exciting adventure ever.For the first time in almost thirty years, everyone's favorite bear from Darkest Peru is starring in a brand-new novel—just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his first adventure, A Bear Called Paddington.

Shelved under

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Bears
  • Bears -- Fiction
  • Paddington Bear (Fictitious character)
  • Children's stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Paddington bear (fictitious character), fiction
  • Bears, fiction
  • England, fiction
  • Humorous stories

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ISBN 9780007269402 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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