Paddington Bear

The very well-known in the UK children's book character Paddington Bear by Michael Bond was named after the railway station in London in 1958.

In the first volume, which should be followed by many others, meets an English family in London's Paddington Station, a bear from " darkest Peru " ( " darkest Peru " ) is derived. Mr. and Mrs. Brown discover the bear on the platform when they want to pick up her daughter Judy from the train. The little bear is wearing a sign around his neck that reads: "Please look after this bear, thank you" ("Please attend to this bear, thank you "). Mrs. Brown finds that one must take it because one does not know what could happen with him otherwise. They call him to the station, where they have taken him Paddington.

The bear is really something special. He can talk and has good manners. He has a particular fondness for marmalade made ​​from bitter oranges. He wears either a yellow hat and a light blue jacket and a red hat and a dark blue duffle coat.

For the Brown family begins with Paddington a troubled time. Although the bear has good manners, but he always ends up in awkward situations ( " Things are always happening to me. I'm that sort of bear" ).

The series served as a template for the doll series Paddington (1975-1984) and the animated series The Adventures of Paddington Bear ( 1997-2001).

In Benziger Publishing books published in the following order: