Happy Birthday, Paddington!

The Paddington Bear books are a highly popular children's series about the adventures of a bear from Peru who is adopted by a family that finds him at London's Paddington railway station. Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of the first book. Both Google and Wikipedia may note of the anniversary on their front pages, and numerous shops have special edition Paddington products for sale. I think I am going to buy a little stuffed Paddington bear as a souvenir, either for me or for one of my cousins.