Please Look After This Bear - Book Launch and Community Conversation
Join Professor Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and guests for a conversation about Paddington, Migration, Britishness and Children's Literature About this Event Join us in person to celebrate Please Look Aft…
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- Centre For Literacy In Primary Education (CLPE)44 Webber Street, LondonGreater London
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Join Professor Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and guests for a conversation about Paddington, Migration, Britishness and Children's Literature
About this Event
Join us in person to celebrate Please Look After This Bear: How Paddington Became British by Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and Aishwarya Subramanian (OUP, 2026) and to build a conversation about its themes.
Community Conversations are designed for everyone in the room to have a chance to engage in meaningful conversation with others in the children's literature and education community. All welcome!In 1958, a little marmalade-loving brown bear from Peru named Paddington was introduced to the post-war British public. Inspired by his creator Michael Bond's memories of displaced Jewish children in the United Kingdom during World War II, Paddington became a symbol of how to treat refugees with kindness. Author Bond was clear from the outset about Paddington's refugee status. Nearly sixty-five years later, the bear's legacy has evolved into a transme
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