Elisabeth Beresford

The Wombles

With special selected stories read by Bernard Cribbins

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Wombles is the first in the Wombles series of books and introduces many of the favourite Womble characters, including the stern but kindly Great Uncle Bulgaria and Orinoco, fond of his food and a subsequent forty winks, among many others.

Illustrated throughout in full colour by the talented Nick Price, this edition of the first in the much-loved and classic Wombles series will make the perfect gift.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 133377
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: von 7 bis 9 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 197mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781408826485
• ISBN-10: 1408826488
• Artikelnr.: 37779674

Autorenporträt

Beresford, Elisabeth
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.

Price, Nick
Nick Price has illustrated all sorts of books including, for Bloomsbury, the picture book More, More, More! and the much-loved Wombles series. Nick lives in deepest Devon.

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