Book info

• Title Paddington Takes the Test
• Author Michael Bond
• Year 1979
• Genre Childrens

'ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS!’ Paddington read on the glossy leaflet showing a large, sleek, silver-grey car. It took him a long time to eat fifteen packets of currants in order to enter the competition. And the Rolls-Royce he’d expected to win turned out to be one of ten thousand consolation prizes – a bookmark! Then Paddington finds himself taking a driving test and, much to his amazement, is presented with a license allowing him to drive a rather unusual vehicle.

Thoughts

More adventures with the cute bumbling bear - this time Paddington tries his hand at driving tests and life drawing, causes chaos at a stately home and a pantomime and even manages to lock Mr Curry in a sauna. I quite enjoyed the first story about the hammock, mostly because it really showed what a terrible neighbour Curry is, and also because hammocks are terrible pieces of furniture, and I could picture every scrape Paddington got into trying to navigate the thing. Fun!

Rating: 4 / 5