Michael Bond Audiobooks

Michael Bond – born Thomas Michael Bond in January 1926 – was an English author whose name is inseparable from one of children’s literature’s most beloved creations: Paddington Bear. The series of books he built around the bear became a genuine phenomenon, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide and earning Paddington a permanent place in British life.

The character long ago outgrew the page, appearing in several animated television series, a film series and a stage musical – the surest sign of a creation that now belongs to everyone. Bond died in June 2017, leaving one of the most durable legacies in British children’s writing: a body of work still being discovered, generation after generation.

Paddington stories were made to be read aloud, and audio simply restores them to their natural state. A Bear Called Paddington introduces the character, and More About Paddington continues the adventures; together they offer the warmth and gentle comedy that have carried these books past 35 million copies sold.

In audio they are perfect shared listening – car journeys, bedtimes, rainy Sunday afternoons – working equally for children meeting the bear for the first time and for adults rediscovering why they loved him. Few things in our catalogue are more reliably delightful, and none is more thoroughly British in its charms.