"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"
"ashamed to create a Blank Verse Tragedy at the bidding of others."" Milne is most famous for his two ""Pooh"" books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named ""Edward,"" was renamed ""Winnie"" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. ""The pooh"" comes from a swan the young Milne named ""Pooh."" E. H."
"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"
"Beatrix Potter; ""The Wind in the Willows"" by Kenneth Grahame (1908); ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" (1926) and ""The House at Pooh Corner"" (1928) by A. A. Milne; and ""The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"" (1950) and the subsequent books in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series by C. S. Lewis. In many of these stories the animals can be seen as representing facets of human personality and character. As John Rowe Townsend remarks, discussing ""The Jungle Book"" in which the boy Mowgli must rely on his new friends the bear Baloo and the black panther Bagheera, ""The world of the jungle is in"
"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"
"replacing the earlier text's colours and common animals with sounds and less common creatures. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? is a children's picture book, published in 1991, written and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle. The book is designed to help toddlers identify zoo animals and the noises they make. It features a polar bear, a lion, a hippopotamus, a flamingo, a zebra, a boa constrictor, an elephant, a leopard, a peacock, a walrus, a zoo keeper and some children. This is a companion book to ""Brown"
"Baloo Baloo ( ""Bhālū"", ""bear"") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" from 1894 and ""The Second Jungle Book"" from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack. His most challenging pupil is the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. Baloo and Bagheera, a panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan the tiger and endeavor to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is described in Kipling's work as ""the sleepy brown bear"". Robert Armitage Sterndale, from whom Kipling derived most of his"
"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"
"character Christopher Robin was based. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger – were incorporated into Milne's stories. Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and ""Pooh"", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from"
"animation and its 2016 remake, and the 1989 Japanese anime ""Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli"". Stuart Paterson wrote a stage adaptation in 2004, first produced by the Birmingham Old Rep in 2004 and published in 2007 by Nick Hern Books. The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or ""man-cub"" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India;"
"""The Tale of Mr. Tod"" (1912; featuring badger Tommy Brock), the Rupert Bear adventures by Mary Tourtel (appearing since 1920), T. H. White's Arthurian fantasy novels ""The Once and Future King"" (1958, written 1938–41) and ""The Book of Merlyn"" (1977), ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" (1970) by Roald Dahl, Richard Adams's ""Watership Down"" (1972), Colin Dann's ""The Animals of Farthing Wood"" (1979), and Erin Hunter's ""Warriors"" (appearing since 2003). In the historic novel ""Incident at Hawk's Hill"" (1971) by Allan W. Eckert a badger is one of the main characters. Badgers are also featured in films and animations: a flash video of"
"bears) series of books, including The Saint, James Bond, Simenon, and Shakespeare. In July 2014 he announced his retirement; the rights to the Miffy character will not be sold. In March 2016 he was awarded the . Bruna died of old age in his sleep in Utrecht on 16 February 2017 at the age of 89. Bruna published 120 children's book titles, the last being ""Miffy is Naughty"" in 2017. At a young age Bruna started drawing, but was also influenced by artists of other art forms. He drew covers for his school newspaper in Walt Disney style. Later he"
"White Dog, Black Sheep, a Goldfish, a Teacher or a Mother, and Students or Children. The 1984 British edition of the book substitutes a monkey for the teacher. Carle explained that variations in text between editions (mostly on the last page) were due to Martin, and that he made new illustrations to go with the changes. Carle and Martin published three spin-off books: ""Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?"" (1991) uses zoo animals and sounds; ""Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?"" (2003), endangered species; and ""Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?"" (2007), North American"
"Punkinhead Punkinhead, ""the sad little bear"", was a rubbery toy bear with a tuft of unruly orange hair. He was designed and developed into a storybook character by Canadian cartoonist Charles Thorson. Punkinhead was the main character in a series of children's books published by the T. Eaton Company, a large department store in Toronto, Ontario. To promote the sale of the stuffed bear and the books, the store created a song about him and sold recordings of it. Punkinhead became associated with Eaton's Christmas advertising. In 1947, Punkinhead appeared in Toronto's Santa Claus parade. The character also appeared on"
"The Tale of Pigling Bland The Tale of Pigling Bland is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1913. The story describes the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate, in much the same way that Potter's life was changing at the time the book was published. Aunt Pettitoes, an old sow, can no longer cope with her eight troublemaking offspring and thus makes them leave home, with the exception of a well-behaved sow named Spot. Two of them,"
"Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" (1926), and this was followed by ""The House at Pooh Corner"" (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book ""When We Were Very Young"" (1924) and many more in ""Now We Are Six"" (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, ""Winnie ille Pu"", which was first"
"Little Bear Bongo ""Little Bear Bongo"" is a children's story written by Sinclair Lewis. The story was first published in the September 1930 issue of ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine, with illustrations by José Segrelles. Bongo, a bear trained to do acrobatics and other tricks mimicking humans, is content with his life as the star and main breadwinner of a circus teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. However, when the circus train attempts a journey through the Rocky Mountains, an accident results in Bongo's cage being jarred loose. Terrified by the noises, Bongo flees into the wilderness, and eventually comes across a clearing"
"Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? is a children's picture book, published in 1991, written and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle. The book is designed to help toddlers identify zoo animals and the noises they make. It features a polar bear, a lion, a hippopotamus, a flamingo, a zebra, a boa constrictor, an elephant, a leopard, a peacock, a walrus, a zoo keeper and some children. This is a companion book to ""Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"", published by Carle and Martin in 1967,"
"the polar bear in advertising, while Fox's Glacier Mints have featured a polar bear named Peppy as the brand mascot since 1922. Polar bears are popular in fiction, particularly in books for children or teenagers. For example, ""The Polar Bear Son"" is adapted from a traditional Inuit tale. The animated television series ""Noah's Island"" features a polar bear named Noah as the protagonist. Polar bears feature prominently in ""East"" (also released as ""North Child"") by Edith Pattou, ""The Bear"" by Raymond Briggs (adapted into an animated short in 1998), and Chris d'Lacey's ""The Fire Within"" series. The ""panserbjørne"" of Philip"
"on bears not because of their surname as was commonly believed, but because they found them easy to draw. They published their first book featuring the Berenstain Bears, ""The Big Honey Hunt"", in 1962. At the time, their inspiration, Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), was working as an editor in the children's division of Random House Publishing and eagerly approved the concept. He edited several books in the Berenstain Bears series and created a lasting franchise including many more books, television series, toys, and stage productions. Over 300 books were published in 23 languages. Jan was inducted into Radnor High School's"
"festive sadness."" A mobile app, based on the book, was launched in December 2016. It is available on Amazon, Android, and Apple platforms. We're Going on a Bear Hunt We're Going on a Bear Hunt is a 1989 children's picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It has won numerous awards and was the subject of a ""Guinness World Record"" for ""Largest Reading Lesson"" with a book-reading attended by 1,500 children, and an additional 30,000 listeners online, in 2014. Five children and their dog go out to hunt a bear. They travel through grass, a river,"
"broadcast on S4C 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"
"Disney adapted the story as part of its feature ""Fun and Fancy Free"" and is narrated by Dinah Shore. Little Bear Bongo ""Little Bear Bongo"" is a children's story written by Sinclair Lewis. The story was first published in the September 1930 issue of ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine, with illustrations by José Segrelles. Bongo, a bear trained to do acrobatics and other tricks mimicking humans, is content with his life as the star and main breadwinner of a circus teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. However, when the circus train attempts a journey through the Rocky Mountains, an accident results in Bongo's"
"his passions is music and I imagined him walking around humming to himself"". J. R. R. Tolkien, in his poem ""Errantry"", also used the name Dumbledor, but for a large bee-like creature. Among the many books for younger children are ""Bumble the Bee"" by Yvon Douran and Tony Neal (2014); ""Bertie Bumble Bee"" by K. I. Al-Ghani (2012); ""Ben the Bumble Bee: How do bees make honey?"" by Romessa Awadalla (2015); ""Bumble Bee Bob Has a Big Butt"" by Papa Campbell (2012); ""Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Went Bumble-bee"" by Colin West (1997); ""Bumble Bee"" by Margaret Wise Brown (2000); ""How the"
"We're Going on a Bear Hunt We're Going on a Bear Hunt is a 1989 children's picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It has won numerous awards and was the subject of a ""Guinness World Record"" for ""Largest Reading Lesson"" with a book-reading attended by 1,500 children, and an additional 30,000 listeners online, in 2014. Five children and their dog go out to hunt a bear. They travel through grass, a river, mud, a forest and a snowstorm before coming face to face with a bear in its cave. This meeting causes panic and the"
"Leslie. The Tale of Pigling Bland The Tale of Pigling Bland is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1913. The story describes the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate, in much the same way that Potter's life was changing at the time the book was published. Aunt Pettitoes, an old sow, can no longer cope with her eight troublemaking offspring and thus makes them leave home, with the exception of a well-behaved sow named Spot. Two of"
"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"
"with one of the most unpleasant snakes in the world. In ""The Patsy"" Buck tells the story of a young female elephant who had nothing but bad luck; in ""Black Fury"" of a leopard who escaped from his cage on shipboard; and in ""Terrible Tusks"" of a tremendous conflict, witnessed by his native assistant, between two bull elephants contending for the mastery of a herd of females. ""A Bear in Time"" is the story of a destructive honey bear that Buck used to rid himself of a bore, who had threatened to move into his house. ""Animal Magic"" describes native"
"and Crafts in London. She worked as an art teacher, painter, and textile designer before becoming a full-time book illustrator. She has illustrated nearly eighty books (2015). Fortnum's first commission was for ""Dorcas the Wooden Doll"" by Mary Fielding Moore, published in 1944. Her best-known illustrations are of Michael Bond's character, Paddington Bear. The first illustrations of Paddington were made by Fortnum for ""A Bear called Paddington"". Fortnum's original illustrations were used for HarperCollins's 1998 reissue of ""A Bear Called Paddington"", which celebrated the first Paddington book's 40th anniversary. Although her pen-and-ink drawings of Paddington were done in black and"
"Terror on the Mountain"") was first shown on 25 March 2002, although some cable airings list it with a 2003 date. ""Gentle Ben 2"" (also known as ""Gentle Ben: Danger on the Mountain"") was first shown on 5 January 2003. It was known as ""Gentle Ben: Black Gold"" for its UK release. Gentle Ben Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, ""Gentle Ben"". The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark. The story provided the"
"Lions, Tigers and Bears (comics) Lions, Tigers and Bears is a comic book series from Image Comics and Hermes Press, created by Mike Bullock with artwork by Jack Lawrence, Paul Gutierrez, Michael Metcalf, Mike Wieringo and Bob Pedroza. The phrase ""Lions, tigers and bears"" is from Dorothy in ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939). The story features the adventures of a young boy named ""Joey Price"" who discovers that his stuffed animals can come to life to protect him from The Beasties, monsters who come out of his closet to get him in the middle of the night. """"A child’s instinctual"
"Moe, No. 41). Others of this type include: The King of Love, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Enchanted Snake, The Sprig of Rosemary, and The Black Bull of Norroway. A king had two ugly and mean daughters and one, the youngest, who was beautiful and gentle. She dreamed of a golden wreath. Her father set goldsmiths to make it, but none of them matched her dream. Then she saw a white bear in the woods and it had the wreath. The bear would not"
"The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or ""man-cub"" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is ""Seonee"" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed"