Paddington's Magical Christmas

Paddington #11.7

by Michael Bond, John Lobban (Illustrator)

Everyone in the Brown family is singing about all the wonderful Christmas presents they've received. But where on earth could that partridge in a pear tree be? Paddington determines to solve the mystery--and the confusion unfolds into a very merry Christmas. Full color.

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books, Animals, Childrens

1 pages, Hardcover

First published November 19, 1990

About the author

Michael Bond, CBE was an English children's author. He was the creator of Paddington Bear and wrote about the adventures of a guinea pig named Olga da Polga, as well as the animated BBC TV series The Herbs. Bond also wrote culinary mystery stories for adults featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes Frites.

Reviews

[Fi's Journey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely and fun story of Paddington where he tries figuring out what the Brown Family is singing about and it’s mystery behind it.

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m trying to work my way through all the Paddington books, but I’m cutting out the Blue Peter ones as they’re very difficult to get hold of and probably wouldn’t make much sense to me anyway (I have never seen Blue Peter and am not familiar with the presenters in the 60s and 70s), so I’ve been musing a bit about how completist I should bother being. However I am very glad I decided to go to the library and get this book out from their Christmas collection in May, because it is just the sweetest little story, and reading it on the beach in glorious sunshine did not detract from the experience one bit. From now on, I’ll probably always think of Paddington when I hear The Twelve Days of Christmas.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Paddington finds out the truth of why the Browns are acting so strange around Christmas time. Turns out a Christmas tune has got them receiving all kinds of things even a partridge in a pear tree.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I might be rating this so high because the other Paddington picture books we've read so far have been such a disappointment, but at any rate, this was a sweet Christmas story.

[Jacqueline Field · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paddington’s Magical Christmas is a book about Paddington the bear who hears his friend Mrs Bird singing a song not long before Christmas day. It seemed her true love had sent her a partridge in a pear tree. Over the next few days the mystery deepened as Mrs Bird sang different quotes from the song On the Seven Days of Christmas. Paddington didn’t understand the celebration of Christmas so didn’t understand what Mrs Bird was singing about. So Paddington went to his friend Mr Gruber who explained the celebration of Christmas to Paddington.
This book could be used for the EYFS stage as explaining the topic of Christmas to the pupils. The book highlights the key features of Christmas e.g. giving presents, decorating, carol singing etc. The book is highly illustrated and made appealing for young pupils. It could also be used in year 1 to introduce the religious celebration of Christmas to non-Christian pupils during a R.E lesson to allow them to understand the concept of Christmas.

[Olivia · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an older Paddington story so perhaps that is why it has more charm. The story is very silly, but very sweet. The only criticism I have is that those jumping into the series through this book, might not know who all these characters are.