The Adventures of Paddington: Pancake Day!

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Adapter)

When Mrs. Bird can’t make pancakes for Pancake Day, Paddington comes to the rescue!

The Adventures of Paddington is animated preschool series starring Paddington, a polite little bear who lives with the Brown family at 32 Windsor Gardens. He is kind, curious, and rather accident-prone. Taking a lead from Michael Bond’s original books, and the spirit of the hugely successful Paddington movies, each new Paddington story is packed with vibrancy, humor, and charm.

The Adventures of Paddington: Pancake Day! is a My First I Can Read, which means it's perfect for shared reading.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2020

About the author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Capucilli lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and children. They have a chocolate Labrador retriever named Huckleberry, who likes to watch the author at work.

Reviews

[Michael O'Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another of four books my youngest daughter picked out today. She enjoyed Paddington's misguided efforts to make his family a pancake breakfast, making a real mess. Mrs. Bird comes in and saves the day giving Paddington's family a real pancake breakfast. I do think it might have been better if Paddington had been shown as having to clean up his mess instead of somebody else apparently having to do it. Still, a fun story that my little girl enjoyed!

[Lou Brinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

CRAZY that Mrs. Bird had an accident bad enough to be in full hand casts and the two other competent adults in the house couldn’t get it together enough to make some pancakes lmao there’s just a picture of them sulking??

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its so fun to sit back and let Linc read to me.
He asked for more Paddington
To the library site!!!

[Pinky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Paddington helps Mrs. Bird make pancakes for Pancake Day.

[Lisa D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Too cute!

[Max Thien]

Adorable and pretty close to the televised episode. Vocabulary is easy for beginner readers to follow.

[Gemma · Rating 5 out of 5]

4year old found this story hilarious. He enjoyed the read, cute graphics and great learning upper with words he can recognize.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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