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|title=Paddington
|author=Michael Bond
|reviewer=Magda Healey
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The iconic marmalade -loving bear in a duffle coat makes his first appearance in this abridged for younger children version of the original. The illustrations are dynamic and bring the story to life, while shorter & simpler text makes this book a good way to introduce younger readers to Paddington.
|rating=3.5
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=32
|publisher=Harper Collins Children's Books
|date=2 April 2007
|isbn=978-0007236336
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Paddington Bear is one of these enduring classics, a fantasy creature that entered the shared cultural consciousness. I read his stories in translation as a child in Communist Poland, and they are still popular now. This particular picture book is a re-issue of the 40th birthday edition, richly illustrated by R.W. Alley, and presents what was the first chapter of the original first volume of Paddington's adventures, the story of his arrival in Britain and at the Brown's family house at 32 Windsor Gardens.
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