Summary
Paddington is introduced to younger readers in these attractive picture books, starring one of the world's best-loved characters, Paddington Bear, who is celebrating his 50th anniversary.
When Paddington Bear goes to the beach, nothing goes quite according to plan ... especially when, one by one, he is joined by ten hungry seagulls. Will Paddington's lunchtime snack be safe?
Pre-schoolers will love counting with everyone's favourite bear, Paddington!
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Antes de la Perla Negra, había un joven polizón que se llamaba Jack Sparrow... Terminada la búsqueda de la legendaria Espada de Cortés, Jack y su tripulación deciden ir a la península de Yucatán para tomar un merecido descanso en el pueblo de su compañero Tumen. Pero cuando desaparece un amuleto encantado, Jack y los suyos se convierten en los principales sospechosos. ¿Podrán probar su inocencia y capturar a los peligrosos ladrones que ellos creen culpables del robo? ¿Y cuál es el poder místico que encierra el famoso amuleto? Jack y la tripulación del Barnacle no tardarán mucho en saberlo.
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)
