Paddington: The Story of the Movie is the official novelization or tie-in book based on the hit live-action film about the beloved bear created by Michael Bond. The story follows the arrival of the small, polite bear from Darkest Peru to London, where he is taken in by the kind Brown family and named after Paddington Station. The narrative details Paddington's charming but chaotic attempts to adapt to city life and his frantic efforts to find an explorer who once visited his aunt in Peru. The adventure is complicated by a menacing taxidermist who seeks to capture the rare bear.