Paddington Bear

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Paddington Bear is an anthropomorphic Peruvian spectacled bear in British children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in A Bear Called Paddington by English author Michael Bond. He has been featured in 29 books written by Bond, the last of which, Paddington at St Paul's, was published posthumously in 2018. The books have been illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, David McKee, R. W. Alley, and other artists. He is described as a spectacled bear from Peru with a characteristic love of marmalade sandwiches, he has also become a notable character in British children's literature. Paddington has become one of the most beloved British fictional characters—a Paddington Bear stuffed toy was chosen by British tunnellers as the first item to pass through to their French counterparts when the two sides of the Channel Tunnel were linked in 1994, and the Bear appeared with Queen Elizabeth II in a pre-recorded comedy segment for the Platinum Party at the Palace in 2022—and the Paddington books...

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