Wombles Gift Book - Hardcover

Beresford, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0510096905 ISBN 13: 9780510096908

Publisher: BENN, 1975

Synopsis

This picture book and cassette retell three stories from the TV series: "Womble Winterland", "Orinoco the Magnificent", and "The Ghost of Wimbledon Common".

About this title

About the Author

Elisabeth Beresford first came up with the idea for the Wombles characters one day when walking on Wimbledon Common with her two children. The Wombles have since so charmed the nation that they were chosen as the mascots for the Tidy Britain campaign. Elisabeth Beresford was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature in 1998.

Review

'A lively, entertaining and humorous book, stuffed with ingenious ideas and endearing characters' The Times 'Over 40 years after the original book, The Wombles is reprinted, their recycling ways more relevant than ever' Junior '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

Edition details

• Publisher: BENN
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0510096905
• ISBN 13: 9780510096908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 64