Michael Bond

Michael Bond
Michael Bond

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 OBE for his services to children's literature.

Titles by this author



PADDINGTON’S COOKERY BOOKPaddington Goes for GoldPaddington Goes to HospitalPaddingtonPaddington Goes for GoldPaddington Races AheadPaddington Races AheadPaddington Races AheadPaddington Races AheadPaddington Helps OutPaddington Goes for GoldPaddington Goes for GoldPaddington At LargePaddington Takes the TestA Bear Called PaddingtonMore About PaddingtonPaddington AbroadPaddington Marches OnPaddington at WorkPaddington on TopPaddington Takes the AirPaddington Goes To TownPaddingtonPADDINGTON’S COOKERY BOOKPaddington at the TowerPADDINGTON’S GUIDE TO LONDONThe Paddington Treasury for the Very YoungPaddington Buggy BookPADDINGTON’S LONDON TREASURYPaddington and the Grand TourPaddingtonPaddingtonUrsus Nomine Paddington: A Bear Called PaddingtonThe Paddington Treasury for the Very YoungPaddington at the CarnivalPaddington at the CarnivalPaddington at the CarnivalPaddington at the PalacePaddington the ArtistPaddington the ArtistPaddington the ArtistPaddington the ArtistPaddington and the Christmas SurprisePaddington - At HomePaddington - Goes ShoppingPaddington in the GardenPaddington and the Christmas SurprisePaddington and the Christmas SurprisePaddington and the Christmas SurprisePaddington at the PalacePaddington at the PalacePaddington at the PalacePaddington and the Grand TourPaddington and the Grand TourPaddington and the Grand TourMore About PaddingtonMore About PaddingtonMore About PaddingtonPaddington at the ZooPaddington at the ZooPaddington at the ZooPaddington and the Marmalade MazePaddington and the Marmalade MazePaddington and the Marmalade MazePaddington in the GardenPaddington in the GardenPaddington Here and NowPaddington the ArtistA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington at the Rainbow’s EndPaddington and the Disappearing SandwichPaddington - King of the CastlePaddington at the CarnivalPaddington - The ArrivalPaddington - At the SeasidePaddington and the Marmalade MazePaddington at the ZooPaddington at the ZooPaddington Here and NowPaddingtonPaddington and the Christmas SurpriseA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington Book and Toy Gift SetPaddington Here and NowA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington Pocket LibraryPaddington Here and NowPaddington at WorkPaddington on TopPaddington Takes the AirPaddington: My Book of MarmaladePaddington Here and NowThe Best of Paddington on CDPaddington in the GardenPaddington Sticker Activity BookPaddington Puzzle and Play BookPaddington Goes To TownPaddington in the GardenPaddingtonPaddingtonPaddington at the CarnivalPaddington SuitcasePaddingtonMore About PaddingtonMore About PaddingtonA Bear Called PaddingtonA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington Helps OutPaddington AbroadPaddington At LargePaddington Marches OnPaddington Takes the TestA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington in Hot WaterPaddington TreasuryPaddington: My ScrapbookA Bear Called PaddingtonPaddington Minds the HousePaddington: My ScrapbookPaddington, A Classic CollectionPaddington Bear Up and AboutLearn With Paddington OmnibusPaddington and the Tutti Frutti RainbowPaddington at the Carnival