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The Wombles at Work

The Wombles at Work

by NickPrice (Illustrator), ElisabethBeresford (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2011

    $9.50

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    Paperback 1990

    $4.21
Synopsis

There has been a huge festival and no end of rubbish has been left behind - everything from sunglasses to shoes, drinks cans and bottles. Who would have thought humans could leave so much behind, not bothering to recycle? The Wombles have their work cut out for them . . .

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10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 1408808366
ISBN 13: 9781408808368
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: Classic and much loved characters brought back into print with a fresh new cover look and inside illustrations to celebrate over 40 years of the Wombles

Media Reviews
`A lively, entertaining and humorous book, stuffed with ingenious ideas and endearing characters' * The Times *
`There's something wonderfully old-fashioned and charming about the short, fat, furry creatures. They are simple without being simplistic, innocent without being naive, civic minded for its own sake' * Irish Examiner *
`Today's children will be as charmed as their parents by Great Uncle Bulgaria, Orinoco, Bungo and Tobermory and their quest to recycle rubbish and put it to good use' * www.express.co.uk *
`The six original titles by Elizabeth Beresford are back in print, with an environmental message that has never been more relevant. Perfect for 8-to 10-year-olds' * Telegraph magazine *
Author Bio
Elisabeth Beresford first came up with the idea for the Womble characters when walking on Wimbledon Common with her two children. She started sketching out the characters that day: Great Uncle Bulgaria was based on her father-in-law, Tobermory on her brother (an inventor), Orinoco on her son, and Madame Cholet on her mother. She hoped that the Wombles stories would encourage children to fight pollution and to think up ways of `making good use of bad rubbish'. In fact, the Wombles so charmed the nation that they were chosen as the mascots for the Tidy Britain campaign. Since then they have had their own television series, first broadcast on Jackanory. Elisabeth Beresford was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature in 1998.