NMLP P-021472 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Bear Called Paddington

Michael Bond (illus. Peggy Fortnum) · Collins · 1958

UK Collins 1958 is the true first; the US Houghton Mifflin edition (1960) is a separate, later issue. This is the first book in the Paddington series.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021472 for "A Bear Called Paddington" by Michael Bond (illus. Peggy Fortnum) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021472, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).