More About Paddington - Michael Bond

Published as an audiobook to YouTube by InkReads, Feb 24, 2022.
Narrated by InkReads.
Originally published 1958.
Book 2 in the 'Paddington Bear' series. Preceded by 'A Bear Called Paddington.' Followed by 'Paddington Helps Out.'

After enjoying the first Paddington Bear book while doing dishes, Elise and I decided to move on to the second one. Rather than finding another Stephen Fry narration, though, we stumbled across this version, read by a YouTube called InkReads. She has a very gentle reading voice, which did make certain parts harder to hear whilst doing dishes, but also has quite a lot of variety in the voices she uses, and her take on the characters, though quite different from Stephen Fry's, suited them beautifully.

As in the previous volume, chapters in More About Paddington each follow Paddington Bear getting into some sort of misadventure, only for things to eventually turn out better-than-expected for him. Whereas the first book (after a few chapters establishing how Paddington came to live with the Brown family) was made up of relatively unconnected episodes, More About Paddington slowly hones in on a section of the year encompassing Guy Fawkes and Christmas, allowing Paddington to face obstacles around buying gifts, creating a 'Guy' (something Elise had never heard of) and of course (being England) dealing with snow. Recurring characters, such as the grumpy Mr Curry, are once again featured, and once again the overall feeling is that of charming and simple fun.

Easy to listen to. Easy to enjoy.

Completed, with Elise, 26 September 2024.



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