Who was the literary creator of children's favourite Paddington Bear?
Paddington Bear series.<br>It was finished before Michael Bond's death. The final book in the "Paddington" series to be written by the creator himself was released on 27 June 2018 to mark the anniversary of the day that Michael Bond died and the 60th anniversary of "A Bear Called Paddington". Author Michael Bond was also a BBC TV cameraman who worked on the popular children's television programme "Blue Peter". After this was revealed in 1965, a special Paddington story, in which he got mixed up in the programme itself, appeared in the "Blue Peter Annuals" for many years. They were collected in the
Paddington Bear Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife. The bear inspired Bond to write a story; and, in ten days, he had written the first book. The book was given to his agent, Harvey Unna. "A Bear Called Paddington" was first published on 13 October 1958 by William Collins & Sons. The first Paddington Bear stuffed toy to be manufactured was created in 1972 by Gabrielle Designs, a small business run by Shirley and Eddie Clarkson, with the prototype made as a Christmas present for their children Joanna and Jeremy Clarkson (who later became a well-known British