Michael Bond

right|thumb|200px|Please look after this bear. Thank you. Thomas Michael Bond, CBE (13 January 1926 - 27 June 2017) was an English writer of children's stories; his best-known creation is Paddington Bear. Quotes A Bear Called Paddington (1958) Quotations are cited from the 1st US edition (New York: Dell, 1958). "There aren't many of us left where I come from.""And where is that?" asked Mrs. Brown.The bear looked round carefully before replying."Darkest Peru." Page 9. The bear bent down to do up its case again. As he did so, Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of the writing on the label. It said, simply, PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU. Page 10. Paddington had a very persistent stare when he cared to use it. It was a very powerful stare. One which his Aunt Lucy had taught him and which he kept for special occasions. Pages 53-54. Criticism Paddington…has become a part of the folk-lore of childhood, not because he appears in a great or even a particularly good book, but because there is something in his personality which lodges permanently in the imagination. Marcus Crouch The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-70 (London: Ernest Benn, 1972) p. 107. External links Category:1926 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Children's authors Category:Novelists from England Category:Short story writers from England Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire