▁the ▁children ' s ▁book ▁A ▁Bear ▁Cal led ▁P adding ton ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁featured ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁twenty ▁books ▁written ▁by ▁British ▁author ▁Michael ▁Bond ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Peg gy ▁Fort num ▁and ▁other ▁artists . ▁ ▁The ▁friendly ▁bear ▁from ▁dark est ▁Peru — with ▁his ▁old ▁hat , ▁batter ed ▁suit case , ▁du ff el ▁coat ▁and ▁love ▁of ▁mar mal ade — has ▁become ▁a ▁classic ▁character ▁from ▁British ▁children ' s ▁literature . ▁An ▁anth rop omorph ised ▁bear , ▁P adding ton ▁is ▁always ▁pol ite ▁– ▁address ing ▁people ▁as ▁" Mr ", ▁" M rs " ▁and ▁" Miss ", ▁rarely ▁by ▁first ▁names ▁– ▁and ▁kind heart ed , ▁though ▁he ▁inf lic ts ▁hard ▁st ares ▁on ▁those ▁who ▁in cur ▁his ▁disapp ro val . ▁He ▁has ▁an ▁end less ▁capacity ▁for ▁innoc ently ▁getting ▁into ▁trouble , ▁but ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁" try ▁so ▁hard ▁to ▁get ▁things ▁right ." ▁He ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁London ▁P adding ton ▁station , ▁by ▁the ▁( human ) ▁Brown ▁family ▁who ▁adopted ▁him , ▁and ▁thus ▁he ▁gives ▁his ▁full ▁name ▁as ▁" P adding ton ▁Brown ". ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁P adding ton ▁Bear ▁franch ise ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁Viv endi ' s ▁Studio Can al . ▁Bond , ▁however , ▁continued ▁to ▁own ▁the ▁publishing ▁rights ▁to ▁his ▁series , ▁which ▁was ▁lic ensed ▁to ▁Har per Coll ins ▁in ▁April