"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly -- there can't be." The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station -- Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon find that Paddington is a very unusual bear. Ordinary things -- like having a bath, travelling underground or going to the seaside become quite extraordinary, if a bear called Paddington is involved.

邁剋爾·邦德，英國著名兒童文學作傢。由於在兒童文學領域的卓越貢獻，曾榮獲英國女王頒發的OBE奬章(不列顛帝國勛章)。2007年，邁剋爾·邦德榮獲英國著名高等學府瑞丁大學頒贈的榮譽文學博士學位。目前他和傢人一起居住在英國倫敦。