The Wombles at Work

Zusatztext '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' Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Beresford first came up with the idea for the Wombles 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. Klappentext 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 . . . Vorwort Join in the adventures of the Wombles, the classic and much loved creatures, as they make good use of the bad rubbish they find on Wimbledon Common, in this book by the original creator of the Wombles. Zusammenfassung 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

Product details

• Authors: Beresford, Elisabeth Beresford
• Assisted by: Price (Illustration), Nick Price (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9781408808368
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-0836-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, London, Greater London, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION / Recycling & Green Living, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment