Paddington's Too Much off the Top

Name: Paddington's Too Much off the Top
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780001983694

by Unknown Author

24 pages1999HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780001983694

Fiction Children's

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About this book

Mr Gruber gives Paddington the idea of going into business, so to get some experience in the working world, he gets a job as a barber's assistant. Unfortunately, he ends up giving an unsuspecting American tourist a disastrous haircut! He manages to save the day and get a handsome tip into the bargain, however, when the American notices a Spode jug which Paddington is looking after for Mr Gruber. The American is a keen antiques collector, so buys the Spode and a huge amount of other things from Mr Gruber, too! So success comes from a crisis once again.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published: 1999
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780001983694
Language: en

About Unknown Author

Michael Bond, OBE, (born in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English author, most celebrated for his Paddington Bear series of books. Bond began writing in 1945 and sold his first short story to the magazine London Opinion. In 1958, after producing a number of plays and short stories and while working as a BBC television cameraman (where he worked filming Blue Peter for a time), his first book, *A Bear Called Paddington*, was published. This was the start of Bond's most famous series of books, telling tales of a bear from "Darkest Peru", whose Aunt Lucy sends him to England, carrying a jar of marmalade. The Brown family found the bear at Paddington Station, and adopted him, naming the bear after the station. By 1967, Bond was able to give up his BBC job to work full-time as a writer. Paddington's adventures have been published in nearly twenty countries, and has inspired pop bands, race horses, plays, hot air balloons and a TV series. Bond stated in December 2007 that he did not plan to continue the adventures of Paddington Bear in further volumes. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bond