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A Bear Called PaddingtonMichael Bond
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
A bear from Peru is found at Paddington Station with a label asking someone to look after him, and proceeds to flood a bathroom and disrupt a theatre.
A story about animals and families, funny and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 5–9, and at a reading age of about 7 for reading alone.
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