Bears and Forebears by Michael Bond

Bears and Forebears by Michael Bond

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Bears and Forebears by Michael Bond

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-time cameraman, he invented a small bear from Darkest Peru who was to change his life.

Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 13 January 1926 and educated at Presentation College, Reading. He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before working as a cameraman for BBC TV for 19 years. In 2015, Michael was awarded a CBE for his services to children’s literature, to add to the OBE he received in 1997. Michael died in 2017, leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time.

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ISBN 13 9780006387718
ISBN 10 0006387713
Title Bears and Forebears
Author Michael Bond
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1997-07-21
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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