Michael Bond

Thomas Michael Bond, CBE (13 January 1926 - 27 June 2017) was an English writer of children's stories; his best-known creation is Paddington Bear.

Please look after this bear. Thank you.

Quotes

A Bear Called Paddington (1958)

Quotations are cited from the 1st US edition (New York: Dell, 1958).

• "There aren't many of us left where I come from."
  "And where is that?" asked Mrs. Brown.
  The bear looked round carefully before replying.
  "Darkest Peru."
  • Page 9.

• The bear bent down to do up its case again. As he did so, Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of the writing on the label. It said, simply, PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU.
  • Page 10.

• Paddington had a very persistent stare when he cared to use it. It was a very powerful stare. One which his Aunt Lucy had taught him and which he kept for special occasions.
  • Pages 53-54.

Criticism

• Paddington…has become a part of the folk-lore of childhood, not because he appears in a great or even a particularly good book, but because there is something in his personality which lodges permanently in the imagination.
  • Marcus Crouch The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-70 (London: Ernest Benn, 1972) p. 107.

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Michael Bond on Wikipedia