Michael Bond : Children's: Oxford University Press

Michael Bond was born in Newbury in 1926. Six weeks later his parents left town and settled in nearby Reading. Luckily they took him with them and it was there that he went to school and grew up with three guinea-pigs; Pip, Squeak and Wilfred and a dog called Binkie.

At school he once got a report which stated that 'Bond suffers from a sense of humour'; something he is still trying to work out.

One Christmas Eve, Michael came across a toy bear left on the shelf of a London store. He bought it for his wife and, as they then lived in that part of London, they called it Paddington. He started to write about the bear and in 1958 A Bear Called Paddington was published.

In 1965 Michael gave up his job as a cameraman to become a full-time writer. Along with more Paddington books and a number of other projects, there followed a series about a guinea-pig called Olga da Polga.

All four of the original Olga stories; The Tales of Olga da Polga, Olga Meets Her Match, Olga Takes Charge and Olga Carries On, plus new tales Olga Moves House and Olga Follows Her Nose are published by Oxford.

Michael Bond died in 2017.

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Book	Olga Carries On New edition of the third book about everyone's favourite guinea-pig, Olga da Polga Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278743-9 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Tales of Olga da Polga New edition of the first book in Michael Bond's much-loved Olga da Polga series. Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278753-8 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Olga Follows Her Nose New edition of the sixth book about Michael Bond's unstoppable guinea-pig, Olga da Polga Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278745-3 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Olga Takes Charge New edition of the fourth book about Michael Bond's unstoppable guinea-pig, Olga da Polga Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278751-4 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Olga Moves House New edition of the fifth book about Michael Bond's unstoppable guinea-pig, Olga da Polga. Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278749-1 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Olga Meets Her Match New edition of the second book about Michael Bond's unstoppable guinea-pig, Olga da Polga Author Michael Bond Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-278747-7 Paperback \| 17/11/2022 Price: £6.99 Also available as an ebook
Book	Olga da Polga One little guinea-pig and a whole lot of mischief! Author Michael Bond and Illustrator Catherine Rayner Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-273743-4 Paperback \| 07/07/2016 Price: £9.99