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jekylljuice · 06-08-2008, 01:54 PM

Paddington Bear is one of many charming little characters with which I had the pleasure of growing up. My teacher read us the first book in the series back in primary school, and I went on to read a couple more by myself, plus I had a whole stack of Paddington picture books, a plushie and a Paddington view-finder set (you never see them any more, do you? View-Finders I mean. Why not? They're brilliant). I always enjoy revisiting books which I read in my childhood, and I'm sure that Paddington will get his turn eventually. I'm afraid that my memories of Paddington's adventures are formulated mostly from the indivdual stories as opposed to the books as a whole, but yeah, Frankie_4_Prez, you're probably best off starting with the first one. That way you can get a full understanding of Paddintgton's backstory.

Incidentally, last year in the UK the character actually became the subject of controversy - his favourite food, as even his most casual acquaintences will know, is Marmalade, and thus he was accused of selling out when he appeared in a TV advertisement endorsing Marmite. Meh, Marmite's better.

06-08-2008, 01:54 PM	#3
jekylljuice Executive Weasel Ball jekylljuice was here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the 44th floor (not counting the mezzanine) Posts: 1,568	Paddington Bear is one of many charming little characters with which I had the pleasure of growing up. My teacher read us the first book in the series back in primary school, and I went on to read a couple more by myself, plus I had a whole stack of Paddington picture books, a plushie and a Paddington view-finder set (you never see them any more, do you? View-Finders I mean. Why not? They're brilliant). I always enjoy revisiting books which I read in my childhood, and I'm sure that Paddington will get his turn eventually. I'm afraid that my memories of Paddington's adventures are formulated mostly from the indivdual stories as opposed to the books as a whole, but yeah, Frankie_4_Prez, you're probably best off starting with the first one. That way you can get a full understanding of Paddintgton's backstory. Incidentally, last year in the UK the character actually became the subject of controversy - his favourite food, as even his most casual acquaintences will know, is Marmalade, and thus he was accused of selling out when he appeared in a TV advertisement endorsing Marmite. Meh, Marmite's better. __________________ That's it, The End, But you'll get over it, My Friend. Last edited by jekylljuice; 06-08-2008 at 03:03 PM.