Michael Bond had awarded the Clarksons the licensing of the toy rights throughout the world. The first Paddington Bear stuffed toy to be manufactured was created in 1972 by Gabrielle Designs, a small family business run by Shirley and Eddie Clarkson, with the prototype made as a Christmas present for their children Joanna and Jeremy Clarkson, a now well-known British TV presenter and writer. A Bear Called Paddington was first published on 13 October 1958 by William Collins & Sons. The book was given to his agent, Harvey Unna. The bear inspired Bond to write a story and in ten days, he had written the first book. ![]() He was inspired by the sight, during World War II, of Jewish refugee children from Europe arriving in Britain and of London children being evacuated to the countryside, the evacuees bearing labels perhaps similar to that attached to the bear Paddington "Please look after this bear". Michael Bond based Paddington Bear on a lone teddy bear that he noticed on a shelf in a London shop near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife. ![]()
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