Michael Bond
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Michael Bond, OBE, (born January 13, 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English children's author. He is the creator of Paddington Bear and has written about the adventures of a guinea pig named Olga da Polga, as well as the animated BBC TV series The Herbs. Bond also writes culinary mystery stories for adults featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes Frites.
Bond was educated at Presentation College, a Catholic school in Reading. During World War II he served in both the Royal Air Force and the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army.
He began writing in 1945 and sold his first short story to a magazine London Opinion. In 1958, after producing a number of plays and short stories and while working as a BBC television cameraman (where he worked filming Blue Peter for a time) his first book A Bear Called Paddington was published. By 1967 he was able to give up his BBC job to work full-time as a writer. Paddington's adventures have been published in nearly twenty countries.
He is married with two adult children and lives in London, not far from Paddington Station. The small bear he created has inspired pop bands, race horses, plays, hot air balloons and a TV series.
In 1997 Bond was awarded the OBE for services to children's literature.
On 6th July 2007 the University of Reading awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Letters.
Michael Bond's most famous books by far are the Paddington series, detailing the adventures of a bear from Darkest Peru whose Aunt Lucy sends him to England, carrying a jar of marmalade. He was found at Paddington Station by the Brown family who named and adopted him.
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[edit] Books authored
[edit] Paddington Bear Series
- 1958 A Bear Called Paddington ISBN 0-618-15071-4
- 1959 More About Paddington
- 1960 Paddington Helps Out
- 1961 Paddington Abroad
- 1962 Paddington at Large
- 1964 Paddington Marches On
- 1966 Paddington at Work
- 1968 Paddington Goes to Town
- 1970 Paddington Takes the Air
- 1972 Paddington's Garden
- 1974 Paddington on Top
- 1979 Paddington Takes the Test
[edit] Olga da Polga Series
- 1971 The Tales Of Olga da Polga
- 1975 Olga Meets Her Match
- 1975 Olga Counts Her Blessings
- 1975 Olga Makes a Friend
- 1975 Olga Makes a Wish
- 1975 Olga Makes Her Mark
- 1975 Olga Takes a Bite
- 1975 Olga's New Home
- 1975 Olga's Second House
- 1975 Olga's Special Day
- 1976 Olga Carries On
- 1983 Olga Takes Charge
- 1982 The Complete Adventures of Olga da Polga (omnibus volume)
- 1983 First Big Olga da Polga Book
- 1975 Second Big Olga da Polga Book
- 2001 Olga Moves House
[edit] Monsieur Pamplemousse Series
- 1983 Monsieur Pamplemousse
- 1985 Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission
- 1986 Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot
- 1987 Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure
- 1989 Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft
- 1990 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates
- 1991 Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case
- 1992 Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm
- 1992 Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location
- 1993 Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train
- 1998 Monsieur Pamplemousse Omnibus Volume One
- 1998 Monsieur Pamplemousse Omnibus Volume Two
- 1999 Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat
- 1999 Monsieur Pamplemousse Omnibus Volume Three
- 2000 Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation
- 2002 Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation
- 2003 Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines
- 2006 Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives
- 2007 Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution
[edit] Other
- 1970 Thursday Rides Again
- 1972 The Day the Animals Went on Strike
- 1971 Michael Bond's Book of Bears (Editor)
- 1975 Windmill
- 1975 How to Make Flying Things (nonfiction)
- 1975 Mr. Cram's Magic Bubbles
- 1980 Picnic on the River
- 1980 J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime
- 1981 J. D. Polson and the Dillogate Affair
- 1983 The Caravan Puppets
- 1986 (With Paul Parnes) Oliver the Greedy Elephant
- 1987 (And photographer) The Pleasures of Paris (guidebook)
- 1992 A Day by the Sea
- 1992 Something Nasty in the Kitchen
- 1996 Bears and Forebears: A Life So Far
