"and to Susan Marfrey Rogers in 1981. He had two children. He lived in London, not far from Paddington Station, the place that inspired many of his books. Bond died in London on 27 June 2017, at the age of 91. No cause was given. The film ""Paddington 2"" (2017) was dedicated to his memory. Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017), who wrote under the pen name Michael Bond, was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35"
"Denis Bond (writer) Denis Bond, (born 22 November 1946) is a British writer of children's books and television. His TV programmes include ""The Munch Bunch"" and ""Picme"", and his books include ""Avenue"", ""Pop Rivals"" and, for younger children, ""The Witch Who Loved To Make Children Cry"". Bond was trained in drama at the Rose Bruford College and acted on stage and TV. After a period of working as a teacher, he was commissioned to write 26 episodes for the ITV series ""Pipkins"". He also wrote for the series ""Rainbow"", ""Let's Pretend"" and ""The Munch Bunch"". Although ""Rainbow"" remains a cult"
"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"
"featuring the eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka, having grown up near two chocolate makers in England who often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies into the other's factory. His other works include ""James and the Giant Peach"" (1961), ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" (1971), ""The Witches"" (1983), and ""Matilda"" (1988). Starting in 1958, Michael Bond published humorous stories about Paddington Bear. Boarding schools in literature are centred on older pre-adolescent and adolescent school life, and are most commonly set in English boarding schools. Popular school stories from this period include Ronald Searle's ""St Trinian's"" (1949–53) and his illustrations for Geoffrey Willans's"
"Van and the SCUM Helicopter. The ""James Bond Jr."" toy line was manufactured by Hasbro. In 1992, Puffin Books published six novels based on the ""James Bond Jr."" animated television show. The books were written by John Peel under the pseudonym John Vincent, and were based on episodes from the television run. In the UK, four of the TV episodes were adapted into a young children’s series by Buzz Books. Although the plots were basically the same, the books were much shorter and sometimes featured different characters from the TV show. The only villains never to appear in these books"
"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"
"book, entitled ""Love From Paddington"", would be published that autumn. In a film, ""Paddington"" (2014), based on the books, Bond had a credited cameo as the Kindly Gentleman. Bond also wrote another series of children's books, the adventures of a guinea pig named Olga da Polga, named after the Bond family's pet, as well as the animated BBC television series ""The Herbs"" (1968). Bond also wrote culinary mystery stories for adults, featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes Frites. Bond wrote a ""Reflection on the Passing of the Years"" shortly after his 90th birthday. The piece was read by"
"James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom"
"She works to keep the ""mysterious third thing"" alive in a book while she hones the narrative ark and pacing of the words and design. She often compares the making of a book to cooking, a musical score, or a dance. If You Give A Moose A Muffin If You Give A Pig A Pancake If You Take A Mouse To The Movies If You Take A Mouse To School If You Give A Pig A Party Felicia Bond Felicia Bond (born July 18, 1954 in Yokohama, Japan) is an American writer and illustrator of numerous books for children. She"
"on separate sheets, which were then assembled during printing. Bond describes rushing to get the sketches done before leaving town with her boyfriend and that the energy of the mouse evolved from that excitement. She has mentioned on numerous occasions that the little boy in the book was her boyfriend, Stephen Roxburgh, as a child. ""If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"" quickly became established as a popular favorite and is today considered a contemporary classic. A series of sixteen titles followed. They have been translated into more than thirteen languages. The ""If You Give..."" series has garnered numerous awards,"
"of Bond in a different way. James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based"
"Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London. Fleming, better known as the creator of James Bond, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of aero-engined racing cars called ""Chitty Bang Bang"", built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham Park. Fleming had known Higham Park as a guest of its later owner, Walter Wigham, chairman of Robert Fleming"
"Bridget Renee Kendall Bridget Renee Kendall is an author of children's books in the United States. She was born in 1979 in Jonesboro, Louisiana. Bridget is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and currently lives in Miami, Florida. Educated at Pleasure Ridge Park High School and University of Phoenix, she worked in the education industry before turning to fiction. She is best known for writing the children's book, ""Bond and the Big Green Hill"", which focus on the adventures of Bond the Cat, a Tuxedo cat who teaches moralistic lessons with his adventures. ""Bond and the Big Green Hill"" was released"
"and ""The Badger"" is a comic book hero created by Mike Baron. The badger is the emblem of the Hufflepuff house of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series (1997–2007), it is chosen as such because the badger is an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, which resembles the Hufflepuff house in several ways. Many other stories featuring badgers as characters include Kenneth Grahame's children's novel ""The Wind in the Willows"" (1908), Beatrix Potter's"
"tail after Basil makes it disappear. Another episode involves Parsley trying to find out what is going on in the herb garden, which turns out to be a birthday party for him. In another episode he has to climb a tall tarragon plant, which reaches into the clouds, to retrieve eggs from a nest with the aid of Dill. Parsley the Lion Parsley the Lion is a fictional character from the BBC1 children's show ""The Herbs"", created by Michael Bond. There was a follow-up series of 5-minute episodes shown in 1970 called ""The Adventures of Parsley"", which featured all of"
"which was illustrated by Jim Lee. Killam also is an avid fan of the James Bond franchise, naming ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" and the Nintendo 64 game ""Goldeneye"" as memorable aspects of his college experiences, and Sean Connery, ""Goldfinger"" and ""Skyfall"" as his favorite Bond actor, film and theme, respectively. Killam was inspired by the observation that the amount of unprotected sex that a superspy like James Bond would have would produce many children, which provides an unusual permutation to the mythology of the Bond Girl. In this way, Bond is more of a springboard to the book's premise"
"childhoods. In forming the early Bond character, Higson created the origins of some of Bond's character traits, including his love of cars and fine wine. Adaptations of Bond started early in Fleming's writings, with CBS paying him $1,000 ($ in dollars) to adapt his first novel, ""Casino Royale"", into a one-hour television adventure; this was broadcast on 21 October 1954. The Bond character, played by Barry Nelson, was changed to ""Card Sense"" Jimmy Bond, an American agent working for ""Combined Intelligence"". In 1957 the ""Daily Express"" newspaper adapted Fleming's stories into comic strip format. In order to help the artists,"
"wife Evelyn, most of his estate was left in trust to benefit their four sons and their future families. His wife Evelyn would have a generous income from the trust unless she remarried, in which case she would receive a reduced amount of £3000 per annum. Evelyn never remarried and felt it was a ""bad will"". Valentine Fleming Major Valentine Fleming (17 February 1882 – 20 May 1917) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I. He was the father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character. Born"
"James Bond Jr. James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy, James Bond. The name was first used in 1967 for a spinoff novel entitled ""The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½"" authored by the never clarified pseudonym R. D. Mascott. The idea of Bond having a nephew was used again in 1991 in an American animated series for television, in which the title character defeats threats to ensure the safety of the free world. The series was mildly successful, spawning a six-volume novelization series by John Peel (writing as John Vincent), a"
"... In Bond, he created a Bulldog Drummond for the jet age. Following on from the character development of Bond in his previous four novels, Fleming adds further background to Bond's private life, largely around his home life and personal habits, with Bond's introduction to the story seeing him at breakfast with his housekeeper, May. The novelist Raymond Benson—who later wrote a series of Bond novels—sees aspects of self-doubt entering Bond's mind with the ""soft"" life he has been leading when he is introduced in the book. Benson identifies Bond's fear when the flight to Istanbul encounters severe turbulence from"
"Wibbly Pig Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for babies and very young children, written and illustrated by English author and illustrator Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as ""Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas"" () and ""Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?"". Like Inkpen's Kipper the Dog for slightly older readers, Wibbly Pig has been published internationally and has sold millions of copies worldwide. The series are generally published as ""board books"", books with thick cardboard pages which are easier for very young children to turn and also more durable and easier to clean than"
"involved and the characters were different, although a few such as Sally Strawberry were similarly named. The ""Munch Bunch"" yoghurt brand name continues to this day under the Nestlé umbrella: however, the ""fruit and veg"" characters have been superseded by a ""cow"" mascot named Munch. The original books continue to sell second-hand in online auctions. US character name differences Munch Bunch The Munch Bunch is a series of children's books, created in the UK by Barrie and Elizabeth Henderson. The books were written under the pen name ""Giles Reed"" by Barrie Henderson, Elizabeth Henderson, and British author Denis Bond, and"
"of the children's television series ""The Herbs"" and ""The Adventures of Parsley"", again for the BBC. For services to children's literature, Bond was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours. On 6 July 2007 the University of Reading awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. On 10 January 2018, GWR named one of their Class 800 trains """"Michael Bond""""/""""Paddington Bear"""". Bond was married twice – to Brenda Mary Johnson in 1950,from whom he separated in the 1970s;"
"Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene as influences. William Cook in the ""New Statesman"" considered James Bond to be ""the culmination of an important but much-maligned tradition in English literature. As a boy, Fleming devoured the Bulldog Drummond tales of Lieutenant Colonel H. C. McNeile (aka ""Sapper"") and the Richard Hannay stories of John Buchan. His genius was to repackage these antiquated adventures to fit the fashion of postwar Britain ... In Bond, he created a Bulldog Drummond for the jet age."" Umberto Eco considered Mickey Spillane to have been another major influence. In May 1963 Fleming"
"James Bond was created by 20th Century author and mentor to Fleming, Phyllis Bottome in her 1946 novel, ""The Lifeline"". Distinct similarities between the protagonist in ""The Lifeline"", Mark Chalmers and Bond have been highlighted by spy writer, Nigel West. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive field guide ""Birds of the West Indies""; Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the ornithologist's wife that ""It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and"
"The Tale of Mr. Tod The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912. The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch enemy Mr. Tod, a fox. Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy, intending to eat them, and hides them in an oven in the home of Mr. Tod. Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit have followed Tommy Brock in an attempt to rescue the babies. When Mr. Tod finds Brock asleep in his bed, he"
"he had four sons Peter, Matthew, Luke and Timothy. Merlin Minshall Merlin Theodore Minshall (21 December 1906 – 3 September 1987) was a British naval officer and adventurer. He is often claimed to have been one of the inspirations behind James Bond, the fictional spy created by Ian Fleming. Minshall worked for Fleming during the Second World War, as a member of the Royal Navy's Naval Intelligence Division. He wrote about his life in a book entitled ""Guilt-Edged"" (published 1975). Its content is summed up by Len Deighton in the foreword: ""His mother was a spy in World War I."
"Eurocom in 1991 and the latter developed by Gray Matter in 1992). James Bond Jr. James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy, James Bond. The name was first used in 1967 for a spinoff novel entitled ""The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½"" authored by the never clarified pseudonym R. D. Mascott. The idea of Bond having a nephew was used again in 1991 in an American animated series for television, in which the title character defeats threats to ensure the safety of the free world. The series was mildly successful, spawning"
"returned to comics with his first book originally published with Alias Enterprises. As a relative newcomer to comics, Bond's animation-influenced art style has already amassed a heavy fan base. In 2006 Bond illustrated ""The Clockwork Girl"" comic book now being adapted into the 2014 animated feature film ""The Clockwork Girl (film)"". In 2007 he illustrated a comic book adaptation of the 2009 movie ""Trick 'r Treat"", which was published by DC/Wildstorm. Grant Bond Grant Bond is a comic book artist, writer and award-winning editorial cartoonist living in Kansas City, Kansas. Grant Bond was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas."
"Mr. McGregor Mr. Michael McGregor is a fictional character in three children's books by author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. He is an elderly, serio-comic villain of Scots background intent upon keeping hungry rabbits out of his vegetable garden and sometimes catching them to put them in a pie and eat them. Potter denied the character was based on a real person but her mentor in mycology, Charles McIntosh, may have been the tizi for McGregor's physical appearance and her landlord in 1893, Atholl McGregor, may have been the source for the character's name. Mr. McGregor appeared in two episodes of"
"Series"", A. A. Milne, ""Winnie-the-Pooh"", and P. L. Travers' ""Mary Poppins"". Prolific children's author Enid Blyton chronicled the adventures of a group of young children and their dog in ""The Famous Five"". T. H. White wrote the Arthurian fantasy ""The Once and Future King"", the first part being ""The Sword in the Stone"" (1938). Mary Norton wrote ""The Borrowers"", featuring tiny people who borrow from humans. Inspiration for Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel ""The Secret Garden"". In Kent. Hugh Lofting created the character Doctor Dolittle who appears in a series of twelve books, while Dodie Smith's ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"""
"Irish broadcasters RTÉ. This has been nominated for a BAFTA. As well as continuing to write, Denis Bond regularly conducts writing workshops at schools and libraries both in the UK and abroad. Except where stated, all of the above titles are illustrated by Valeria Petrone. Denis Bond (writer) Denis Bond, (born 22 November 1946) is a British writer of children's books and television. His TV programmes include ""The Munch Bunch"" and ""Picme"", and his books include ""Avenue"", ""Pop Rivals"" and, for younger children, ""The Witch Who Loved To Make Children Cry"". Bond was trained in drama at the Rose Bruford"
"a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, an expert on Caribbean birds and author of the definitive field guide ""Birds of the West Indies"". Fleming, himself a keen birdwatcher, had a copy of Bond's guide, and later told the ornithologist's wife, ""that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born"". In a 1962 interview in ""The New Yorker"", he further explained: ""When I wrote the first one in 1953, I wanted"