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Bears and Forebears Pb


Book Description
Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear, was born in 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire. He left school at 14 to work as a radio engineer for the BBC until his career was interrupted by the war. In the war he served with both the Army and the RAF, and uses these experiences to paint an amusing picture of the unheroic side of World War II in this biography. In 1958, while back at the BBC as a full-tim... More
Book Information
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages288
ISBN-100006387713
ISBN-13978-0006387718
Publication Date07/21/1997
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About Michael Bond (Author) : Michael Bond, (born January 13, 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English children's author. He is the creator of Paddington Bear and has written about the adventures of a guinea pig named Olga da Pol... more
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