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Illustrated by
Peggy Fortnum.
As he ventures into the world of work, Paddington, the famous British bear, gets into some funny scrapes. This edition is bigger, with American spellings, larger print, and a new full-color jacket. Darker reproductions occasionally obscure the illustrations' subtleties, but the essential Paddington is still there.