Paddington at the circus

Title:

Author:

Bond, Michael.

ISBN:

9780008173661

Personal Author:

Bond, Michael.

Publication Date:

2016

2000

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm

General Note:

Originally published: London: Collins, 2000.

Abstract:

When Paddington goes to the circus with the Brown family, he is worried when he sees one of the trapeze artists hanging from a rope - and rushes to help. He ends up performing at the circus himself, and proves to be one of the star attractions.

Reading Level:

Preschool.

Personal Subject:

Paddington Bear (Fictitious character)-Pictorial works-Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Children's stories -- Pictorial works.

Picture Books.

Added Author:

Alley, R. W., 1955-

Copies:

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Summary

A hilarious story of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington - now a major movie star!

The circus has come to town, and Paddington and the Browns have front row seats! But Paddington becomes anxious when he looks up and sees a man dangling from a rope by his ankles. Always ready to lend a paw, he rushes off to save the trapeze artist and as a result the circus is turned upside down! Paddington, however, comes out on top as the star of the show.

For more than six decades, stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world.

Author Notes

Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England on January 13, 1926. He dropped out of school at the age of 14. During World War II, he served in both the Royal Air Force and the British Army. He sold his first short story in 1945 to the magazine London Opinion. Over the next decade, he had numerous short stories published and radio plays performed. After the war, he joined the BBC Radio and later worked for BBC-TV as a cameraman from 1947 to 1965.

He gave his wife a teddy bear for Christmas in 1956. She it named Paddington after the London train station near their home. His first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was published in 1958. He became a full-time author in 1965. He wrote more than 25 Paddington books including Paddington Here and Now and Paddington's Finest Hour. He chronicled his life with Paddington in his autobiography, Bears and Forebears.

His other works included A Day by the Sea, Something Nasty in the Kitchen, and Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint. He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1997 and then a commander of the order in 2015, for services to children's literature. He died after a short illness on June 27, 2017 at the age of 91.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

Reissued in a large, square format, this adventure follows Paddington as he attends his first circus and inadvertently becomes a part of the tightrope act. All ends happily with Paddington in bed contemplating a future as a clown. Readers are assumed to bring some previous affection for the bear, and there is little character development in the story itself. However, the comical illustrations and outrageous situation have child appeal. (c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.