Paddington Takes the Test (Paddington Bear) [Hardcover]

Michael Bond (Author), Peggy Fortnum (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Paddington Bear

Again we find Paddington in excellent form—and, as usual, up to his ears in trouble. By accident he takes a driving test and is later presented with a certificate to drive something very special. Somehow his neighbor, Mr. Curry, is padlocked into Mr. Brown’s new steaming-hot sauna bath, while Paddington has difficulty remembering his combinations. Paddington Takes the Test is packed full of the bear’s well-meaning intentions, which go hilariously wrong.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. The new edition of Paddington Takes a Test has a more attractive jacket, wider pages, and larger type than the original American edition (1980). The minimal changes to the text consist of shifts from the English spellings of certain words to the American; for example, changing "centre" to "center," "colour" to "color," and "manoeuvre" to "maneuver." Apart from the jacket illustration, which is entirely new, Peggy Fortnum's original drawings illustrate this well-designed new edition. Carolyn Phelan
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Review

"Children will laugh right along as Paddington propels himself from one light-hearted disaster to another." Booklist, ALA

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; Revised edition (May 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618183841
• ISBN-13: 978-0618183845
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,097,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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