Paddington at St Paul's

Paddington #15.5

by Michael Bond

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Paddington Bear with this hilarious brand new classic picture book. Paddington is now a major movie star!

For six decades, stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world.

When Mr Gruber takes Paddington on a special outing to St Paul’s Cathedral, there is one surprise after another. But the biggest of all comes when Paddington is mistaken for a choir bear and suddenly finds himself joining the choir for a most unusual rehearsal!

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Childrens, Audiobook, Classics, Animals, Short Stories

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 31, 2018

About the author

Michael Bond, CBE was an English children's author. He was the creator of Paddington Bear and wrote about the adventures of a guinea pig named Olga da Polga, as well as the animated BBC TV series The Herbs. Bond also wrote culinary mystery stories for adults featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes Frites.

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Michael Bond's remarkable creation Paddington Bear has one final adventure when he visits St Paul's Cathedral. Bond writes in the same simple & amusing style that he has used for 60 years and there are some lovely illustrations too. The story is much like Paddington himself: short and very sweet.

[Gauss the Panda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book and very fun. Paddington goes on an adventure to St. Paul's Cathedral, a must see attraction in London. From the whispering gallery, to the crypt, and even a cameo in the choir, Paddington has an eventful day at St. Paul's.

[Harlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Paddington!

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

2/9/22 Read with Naomi and Julia

[Rob Chappell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must confess here that I completely missed out on all the Paddington Bear stories when I was growing up (not sure why), so when I heard that this final adventure by Michael Bond was on the way, I was very eager to read it. And I was not disappointed! This book edutains readers with Paddington's misadventures at one of London's greatest historic landmarks, while all the while, readers are learning about St. Paul's Cathedral and some of its amazing features from the characters in the narrative. I would highly recommend this book to readers of all ages, and I definitely plan to track down more Paddington Bear stories in the future!

[chucklesthescot · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a larger sized and fully illustrated book for children and the young at heart adult to read. The illustrations are so cute and fun to look at which was my motivation for reading them in the first place! Paddington is adorable in this series of books for kids who are advancing with their reading.

Paddington goes with Mr Gruber to look around St Paul's Cathedral, but they become separated when Paddington is mistaken for a new member of the choir.

[Margaret brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paddington goes to St Paul’s

My boy loves Paddington bear and this is one of many special books would recommend it fully to any one what ever the age

[Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why does the rating system only go up to five.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for Paddington purists. A bit wordy for a children's book, in my opinion.

[Lauren Luttenberger · Rating 5 out of 5]

About a bear name Paddington who explores a place in England, St. Paul

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

nothin' like a good picture book

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read to my beautiful nephew Sam over Facebook video chat during the quarantine.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved Paddington books as a kid and so I naturally picked this one up.
It is a beautiful picture book and just as cosy warm read as all the Paddington novels I remember from my childhood.

[Nina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellently read by Stephen Fry, but the story itself is a bit ‘meh’ and the audiobook is only 11 minutes long, which makes it less than half as long as the average chapter in the other books. Glad I found it for free at the library.

[Garrett Saul · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Paddington stories are great! However, this one kind of lacked a plot. Yet, exploration at St Paul's was nice and we were able to look at pictures of the actual thing on the internet after reading the book. It sparked a lot of good conversations.

[Alper Çuğun · Rating 2 out of 5]

Trash.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book to show kids some of the culture of the choristers and art at St. Paul's Cathedral in London! Cute and educational about music, too.

[Anneke Alnatour · Rating 2 out of 5]

We didn't really enjoy this one, and it was a hard one for me to read. We haven't read any Paddington books before, but I am not sure if these are for us!

[Jessica Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations and cute storyline! This is one of my favorite Paddington books.

[Savannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doesn’t seem to highlight the landmark much but cute that he accidentally joins the choir there. Wouldn’t buy.

[Emziethebookworm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paddington visited St Paul's in this adventure, he certainly did enjoy himself there as I believe there was plenty to do.
Books plot was good, characters were good too.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally a Paddington picture book with the same quality charm and humor as is found in the chapter books!

[Usheueeb Usyebe · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Paddington #15.5)