Bond, however, continued to own the publishing rights to his series, which was licensed to HarperCollins in April 2017 (two months before his death) for the next six years (up to 2023). He has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to “try so hard to get things right.” He was discovered in London Paddington station, by the (human) Brown family who adopted him, and thus he gives his full name as “Paddington Brown” (his original Peruvian name being too hard for them to pronounce).Īs of June 2016, the Paddington Bear franchise was owned by Vivendi‘s StudioCanal. An anthropomorphised bear, Paddington is always polite – addressing people as “Mr”, “Mrs” and “Miss”, rarely by first names – and kindhearted, though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval.

The friendly bear from “darkest Peru“-with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love of marmalade-has become a classic character from British children’s literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children’s book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists. Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children’s literature. This is what Wikipedia says about Paddington: He was my son’s favourite bear as a child and when he visited London we went to see the statue at Paddington station.

Bear called paddington