October 13th

On this day – 13th of October 1958 – Paddington bear, the children’s book figure was first introduced 

Paddington bear is a children’s book, which was written by Michael Bond who worked as a camera operator at BBC. The first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was published on the 13th of October 1958. The bear is named after Paddington station in London, because Bond was inspired to write the books after spotting a lone stuffed teddy bear close to the station. The first stuffed Paddington was sold in 1972. The books have been translated to 30 languages and over 30 million copies have been sold worldwide.