Paddington: Shapes

Join Paddington as he goes on an adventure to find all his favourite shapes! Shapes are all around us, everywhere we look and Paddington is setting off to find them - from the rectangle front door to his tasty diamond-shaped sandwich. This eye-catching board book will be the perfect first introduction for little ones to shapes. Review: Praise for the Paddington series: 'I've always had great respect for Paddington...He is a British institution.' Stephen Fry 'Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children's literature.' Teacher 'Michael Bond's accident-prone bear...has become one of the most enduring of children's characters.' Bookseller Author Biography: 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.