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The Wombles at Work
Elisabeth Beresford
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Description for The Wombles at Work
Paperback. 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 Illustrator(s): Price, Nick. Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 5AH; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180. 256 pages, B&W. Illustrator(s): Price, Nick. There has been a huge festival and no end of rubbish has been left behind - everything from umbrellas to shoes, drinks cans and bottles. Who would have thought humans could leave so much behind, not bothering to recycle?. Cateogry: (JC) Children's (6-12). BIC Classification: 5AH; YFB. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 188.
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.
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 . . .
Abridged versions of some of the Wombles stories can be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408808368
SKU
V9781408808368
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Elisabeth Beresford
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Wombles at Work
‘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 naïve, civic minded for its own sake'
Irish Examiner
‘Today's children will be as charmed as their parents by Great ... Read more
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 naïve, civic minded for its own sake'
Irish Examiner
‘Today's children will be as charmed as their parents by Great ... Read more