A Bear Called Paddington Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Michael Bond (Author), Stephen Fry (Narrator), HarperCollins Publishers Limited (Publisher)

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"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly - there can't be."

The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase, and his hat.

The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear. Ordinary things - like having a bath, travelling underground or going to the seaside - became quite extraordinary, if a bear called Paddington was involved.

Listening Length

2 hours and 39 minutes
Author

Michael Bond
Narrator

Stephen Fry
Audible release date

24 June 2008
Language

English
Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited
ASIN

B00NPBIA2Q
Version

Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	2 hours and 39 minutes
Author	Michael Bond
Narrator	Stephen Fry
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	24 June 2008
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NPBIA2Q
Best Sellers Rank	1,455 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 3 in Animal Action & Adventure for Children 4 in Children's Books on Bears 8 in Animals for Children

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Funny story about a young immigrant bear

Reviewed in Australia on 29 November 2021

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This is a humorous story of someone new to big cities and modern life who is also very young and prone to mistakes. He gets sticky with marmalade and puts food in his briefcase. But in the end he gains friends and doesn't mean to cause trouble. It is a funny and innocent story and worth reading or rereading regardless of your age.

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Lou

As enjoyable a read today as it was when I was a child.

Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2017

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This is one of the series that I love to showcase in the children's library in which I work. Gives me much pleasure to see the children of today enjoying the stories of Paddington and The Brown family as much as I did when I was their age.

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rivah

Excellent read with my 8 yo!

Reviewed in Australia on 5 August 2018

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Good Read! Lovely all time story...

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TIME TO MAKE A NEW FRIEND!

Reviewed in Australia on 8 December 2013

So I have just finished reading about the adventures of an adorable young bear from Darkest Peru, who fortunately for both the Brown family and the young bear in question was led by the mysterious hands of Providence, or Serendipity if you will, to be at Paddington Train Station at just the right time on just the right day in order to meet and be taken in by the luckiest family in England.

Anyway through a series of (mis) advetures we get to know this adorable young fellow and of course we can't avoid falling in love with him. He makes us laugh, he makes us cry. At times we worry ourselves sick over the poor little thing but we know by book's end that this bear came to London for a reason so therefore nothing bad will ever befall the fuzzball.

And so I hereby award this book four stars out of five. Since the other books in the series are sure to be better I have to leave myself some room for higher grade points.

BFN Greggorio!

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Jason H

My kids love it

Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2019

I had an audio book version of this on cassette as a child. The new reading by Stephen Fry is just terrific. My kids listen captivated.

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Debbie Young

A favourite in my childhood and still top notch!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2014

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Having seen a trailer at the cinema for a forthcoming film version of Paddington, I downloaded this book to read to my daughter, realising that although Paddington had been a favourite in my childhood, I hadn't yet shared it with her. It was even better than I remembered, and she loved it too, laughing out loud as I read it to her. She's keen to read further books in the series herself (she's 11, and I had wondered whether she might be too old for it, but clearly not). There were the odd bits that I needed to translate e.g. explaining the concept of seaside photographers who used to offer photo services to tourists, with big cameras using photographic plates - out of date even when I read this book as a child, and archaic in an age when everyone takes snaps on their phones and tablets. It therefore jars that the publisher has updated the currency in the book from pre-decimal to decimal currency, which doesn't make sense - I'm sure there were no photographers working like this post decimalisation (1971). But such issues are always a dilemma when reading classic children's literature.

It was an added bonus to find at the end a short, pleasant essay by the author describing how he first came to write the Paddington books, which have eclipsed everything else he ever wrote, as far as I'm aware. It was a lovely story, but then oddly contradicted by a the publisher's "About the author" bit afterwards, which gave a completely different and far less compelling account. Ok, so which is it? I prefer to believe the Bond's version - but the publisher ought to have spotted this, and to get their facts right. Not affecting my five star rating here, though, as those stars belong to Paddington and his creator, not to the publisher.

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M. Dowden

Great For Young And Old

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2015

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The world’s most famous illegal immigrant first appeared in print back in 1958, and has been entertaining children and adults ever since. I must admit that I did become worried about Paddington at the General Election as it was rumoured that if UKIP gained some power they had a secret agenda in which Paddington books would be publicly burned. But thankfully for us all this didn’t come to pass.

At the end of the story is a postscript by Michael Bond in which he writes about the way he really just kind of stumbled upon writing a children’s book, and how certain characteristics of the characters come from real people he knew. You can look upon this book as either a novel, as the chapters continue in a logical order, as well as a series of short stories, as each chapter tells of the further incidents of what has become a legendary bear.

We first meet Paddington at Paddington station, by which time he has stowed away on a ship from Darkest Peru and entered the country illegally. When Mr and Mrs Brown see him they being kind hearted but foolhardy folk, give Paddington a place to live with complete disregard to immigration laws. But I think that they may have bitten off more than they can chew, because Paddington, which is the name they give to the bear is quite a handful.

From the beginning of this book we see that Paddington although very polite, can be exceptionally clumsy, and thus he gets into all sorts of trouble and causes a certain amount of mayhem and worry wherever he goes. My sister and I had the stories read to us when we were little, then we read them ourselves, and watched the TV production on the BBC at the time, and although it has been years since I last read this particular book I could still remember parts of the story.

In our house we used to practice that famous stare that Paddington gives to some people at times, and I have even taught a former girlfriend how it goes, which has caused many in the past to become quite worried. Paddington works for all ages as the stories are so full of comic incident and misunderstandings, which we can all relate to. Thus if you are reading this to a child you will find that you love this story just as much now as when you were little yourself.

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I love Paddington so very much

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2021

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Paddington lands in Great Britain tries his paws at 'abstract ' art, goes to the seaside and theatre and celebrates his 'first' birthday.

By the way the Brown family moved to various colder climates in Norway and Canada that don't suit small Bears from South America so he now lives with me!

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Highway-man

Amusing for all ages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2021

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This was bought as a gift for a 4 year old boy.
Obviously he is too young to read this himself but I understand that he is enjoying listening to the stories.
I used to read the same stories to my daughter, even for an adult they are funny.
The book arrived in good time and fine condition.

Julie Haigh

Timeless tales

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2016

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I loved these books as a child and am now re-reading them with my grandson-they're in kindle format now! Some books I read as a child didn't seem to have the same appeal when I went back and read them as an adult but the charm is still there in this one. It still reads as well now as it did then. My grandson loved it and thought it was funny too. Very enjoyable for both of us. Timeless tales. I loved the additional section at the back with a bit of background information from the author, about how the books came about etc. I bought the next book in the series straight after finishing this one and can't wait to get to that one as well.

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