Michael Bond

Desde los bosques de Perú, llega Paddington, el oso más querido de la literatura infantilUn osito con mirada triste y curiosa espera en la estación de Paddington. Está sentado sobre un montón de maletas y lleva un cartel colgado: CUIDEN DE ESTE OSO, POR FAVOR. La familia Brown topa con el y no salen de su asombro. ¿Un oso que habla y se atiborra de bollos con crema y mermelada? ¿Como puede ser tan gracioso? Cuando los Brown deciden llevarselo a casa no imaginan que ese oso entrañable, ademas de meterse en lios muy divertidos, esta a punto de convertirse en un miembro mas de la familia. Paddington es el oso favorito de casi todos. The Times Estreno de la pelicula Paddington en Peru el 21 de febrero en cines de toda España.

Es la primera historia de uno de los personajesmás queridos de la literatura infantil universal.Creado por Michael Bond en 1958, Paddingtonha llenado los corazones de los niños y niñasdesde esa fecha con su bondad. Es un personajehuerfano que llega en un barco a Londres. Unafamilia lo encuentra y lo adopta enseguida. Esteacto de generosidad hacia Paddington seradevuelto en todos los libros con amabilidad,frescura y amor por parte de un oso que solo veel lado bueno de las cosas.

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Monsieur Pamplemousse and his trusty dog, Pommes Frites are called into Le Guides offices early one morning and presented with a string of Leclercqs plaintive conundrums - all relating to his mobster uncle-in-law. These include a letter about a juicy steak turned brisket, a dead restaurant owner and a giant truffle delivered by post . With all these seemingly random problems at hand, Pamplemousse attempts to unravel each but it quickly proves impossible as they overlap and tangle at every turn - usually making him look the fool.

When the Director suggests Le Guides food inspector Monsieur Pamplemousse take a brief jaunt to sample the gastronomy of Rome, Pamplemousse knows the offer is too good to be true. But when the only string attached seems to be that on the return journey he escort the Directors schoolgirl niece Caterina from her convent school to her uncles Paris home, Monsieur Pamplemousse begins to relax. Until, that is, he sees the schoolgirl in question ...and spots her ever-present shadow, an Al Capone-lookalike whose hostility Pamplemousse senses even across a crowded restaurant car.However, it is when the Rome-Paris Express pulls into the Gare de Lyon and his charge apparently disappears into thin air that Pamplemousse really begins to worry. Especially when he discovers the lustrous Caterina is the daughter of one of Sicilys most powerful Mafiosi, a man who will not take the loss of his cherished daughter at all kindly ...

The annual launch of Le Guide, Frances most prestigious restaurant companion, is always a red-letter day for its publishers. The year the Director has a particularly momentous announcement to make: the inauguration of the Golden Shock Pot Lid, a unique commendation to the best restaurant in France, awarded not according to the vagaries of mere human inspectors such as Monsieur Pamplemousse, but by the immaculate calculations of Le Guides latest acquisition - a Poulanc DB23 mainframe computer. However, there is many a slip twixt Stock Pot and Lid and when the ceremonial Entry button is pressed the resultant print-out is a travesty of everything Le Guide stands for. All too clearly, someone has nobbled the programme. With only days to go before publication, it falls to Monsieur Pamplemousse to investigate the mystery. Accompanied by his ever-faithful hound Pommes Frites, he is soon up to his ears in a bizarre world of bytes, rams and nibbles, and pitted against a foe who has but one aim in life: to heap disgrace on Le Guide, and in so doing bring about the downfall of Monsieur le Directeur himself...

Bonds charming food inspector and part time detective has a tricky task in sampling the appalling cuisine of the Hotel du Paradis. Tricky due to the fact that its run by his Directors formidable aunt, and intriguing given the tales of the effect of the hotels food on its gues

Le Guide, Frances premier gastronomic guide, is failing to whet the appetite of its audience in America. Bribed by the Director with offers of some time off, Monsieur Pamplemousse agrees to flex his literary muscles in a bid to address the problem by writing a play.The result is the ex-detectives directorial debut, complete with walk-on part for faithful bloodhound Pommes Frites. Everything rests on their special guest, Jay Corby, the acclaimed American food-critic, whose good opinion could change their transatlantic fortunes. But disaster strikes on opening night when a manoeuvre with a trapdoor causes Corby to storm out in a rage.Monsieur Pamplemousse must find him before he ruins everything for Le Guide. Once again he can rely on star sniffer dog Pommes Frites, who is hot on the trail of their only lead: a flimsy undergarment belonging to an exotic dancer they came across in a state of undress before the start of the show.

The Channel Tunnel is all very well as a mundane means of crossing La Manche but there are those who still believe in airships as the luxury transport of the future. In a rare spirit of entente cordiale, the governments of France and Britain agree to a trial run, and plan a grand inaugural flight involving their heads of state. But - quelle horreur! - the organisers have overlooked the most important part of every French occasion - the food and the wine. Honour is at stake and a desperate call for help goes out to Le Guide, Frances most distinguished gastronomic publication. Monsieur Pamplemousse, ex Surete sleuth turned food inspector, is called on to rectify matters.The assignment gets off to an inauspicious start. As he nears the launch site in Brittany, Monsieur Pamplemousses 2CV is run off the road by a carful of decidedly ungodly nuns. And the lady trapeze artist who rescues him clearly has something other than the evenings acrobatics preying on her mind. When an old friend cuts him dead, he suspects the worst...

When one of five restaurant-owning brothers vanishes into thin air, Monsieur Pamplemousses detective skills are called into play. A delicious blend of gastronomic delight, teasing mystery, and pure c

Monsieur Pamplemousse is looking forward to a well-earned break in the South of France courtesy of his employer - all he has to do is collect a piece of artwork for Le Guides Director. But when his contact fails to show and a dismembered body is washed up outside the hotel, the holiday mood evaporates.As Pamplemousse struggles with the case (and with modern technology) his ever-faithful bloodhound Pommes Frites is on hand offering proof why, during his time with the Paris Surete, he was one of their top sniffer dogs.

The garlic-laden winds of change are blowing through the vineyards of Burgundy. Under threat from the increasing use of pesticides is the helix pomotia: the humble snail, the main ingredient for escargot Bourgignon.Meanwhile, on the Canal de Bourgogne, Monsieur Pamplemousse is lecturing a group of international wine buffs on the fruits of the region, a task from which he is distracted by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike. It turns out that skulduggery among the vines will be the least of Monsieur Pamplemousses worries.

Critic/sleuth Pamplemousse has a lot on his plate when he investigates a terrible and strangely popular hotel.

Monsieur Pamplemousse finds himself in deep water when an unfortunate collision with a Mother Superior is caught on camera by the French tabloids. To avoid media attention, he is sent to report on chef Andre Dulac, currently in line for Le Guides top award of the Golden Stock Pot Lid, and opens a can of worms which threatens the very sanctity of Frances premier gastronomic bible.Being on the verge of haute cuisine takes on a whole new meaning, and his attempt to get at the truth by harnessing a state-of-the-art TV camera to his ever-faithful hound Pommes Frites, ensures that outside broadcasting will never be quite the same again.

The acclaimed creator of Paddington Bear dishes up a dastardly plot for Monsieur Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites to unravel.It isnt every day that a coffin explodes during a funeral ceremony. Barely escaping with his life, thanks to a warning howl from his faithful bloodhound Pommes Frites, Monsieur Pamplemousse can only wonder who was behind the explosion . . . and if they were also responsible for the demise of the coffins inhabitant.But then another urgent matter comes to his attention: a terrorist group is planning to poison the food chain.Monsieur Pamplemousse, together with Pommes Frites and a rather strange ally, must spearhead an elite.

A funny picture book about Paddington, the beloved, classic bear from darkest Peru - now a major movie star!For more than six decades, stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world.When Mr Gruber takes Paddington on a special outing to St Paul's Cathedral, there is one surprise after another. But the biggest of all comes when Paddington is mistaken for a choir bear and suddenly finds himself joining the choir for a most unusual rehearsal!