Paddington Goes for Gold (Read aloud by Stephen Fry)

by Michael Bond, R.W. Alley (Illustrator), Stephen Fry (Read by)

Overview

This is a read-along edition with audio synced to the text, performed by Stephen Fry.A brand new picture book featuring Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, as he takes part in a local family sports event, with hilarious results!When Paddington attends a local family sports event with the Brown family, he can’t wait to try his paw at as many activities as possible. But, as always, when Paddington is around, things do not quite go according to plan… with outrageously sticky results.And as Paddington soon finds out, it’s not winning that counts, it’s the taking part…Will Paddington go home with any prizes?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007484744
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/07/2012
Series:	Paddington Bear Series
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	50 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

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.

Stephen Fry is one of Britain's national treasures and his television appearances include 'A Bit Of Fry and Laurie', 'Jeeves and Wooster', 'Blackadder', 'QI' and 'Kingdom'. His film roles include 'Peter's Friends' and 'Wilde'; and in the realm of television, the Emmy-award-winning 'The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive'. As a writer, he best known for his novel The Liar as well as his acclaimed autobiography Moab Is My Washpot, and his is the famous voice of the Harry Potter audio books.