Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him at Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same...for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.
This is the first of a series of many books. It's a classic book first published in 1958. As with many classic books published pre-1970s, family values are still important. The parents are respected, the children are polite and everyone gets along well.