"A 'bear'? On Paddington station?" Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. "Don't be silly, Henry. There can't be!"

Paddington Bear has travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns decide to look after him, but they soon find that ordinary things become quite 'extra'ordinary, when a bear called Paddington is involved...

"Paddington has joined Pooh as one of the great bears of English children's literature."
THE TEACHER