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A Bear Called Paddington
Children's fiction
A Bear Called Paddington
Book 1 of the Paddington series
159 pages · First published 1958
Paddington Bear arrives at a London railway station from “Darkest Peru” wearing a label asking someone to look after him. The Brown family takes him home and names him after Paddington Station, beginning a series of domestic adventures in which his literalness, politeness, and good intentions create comic complications. Baths, shopping trips, theater visits, and household tasks become unpredictable whenever Paddington is involved. Michael Bond’s first Paddington book combines gentle British humor with a warm story about a stranger being welcomed into a family and gradually making the household more itself.
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Abandonment/separation from Aunt Lucy and immigration to London; frequent comic mishaps and getting lost or into trouble; no violence, sexual content, language, or substance use.
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