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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? The Wombles have their work cut out for them.Tags
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Let's just say it's not Beatrix Potter.
Popular in the 1970s, as books and as a television series, the fantasy animals living under Hyde Park are a sanctimonious (but humble) species devoted to clearing up the litter left by Humans (with suitable lectures on the subject). This episode concentrates on pollution, or Pollu (a pretentious neologism that perhaps resonates more with the Brits). Suitable for middle-schoolers, but not much of interest to adults. The stories could have been more entertaining with less preaching.
Popular in the 1970s, as books and as a television series, the fantasy animals living under Hyde Park are a sanctimonious (but humble) species devoted to clearing up the litter left by Humans (with suitable lectures on the subject). This episode concentrates on pollution, or Pollu (a pretentious neologism that perhaps resonates more with the Brits). Suitable for middle-schoolers, but not much of interest to adults. The stories could have been more entertaining with less preaching.
The Wombles are back, doing their thing. In this we have a swan that Tomsk saves and then become devoted to, Bungo tries being a hippy, Wellington discovers something, Orinoco solves an odour issue and the "ghost" makes himself felt.
It is charming enough. If one were to criticise it would be that the gentle environmental issue is pushed a little harder on this occasion, with pollution gaining a capital letter and being divided into sub-classes.
It is charming enough. If one were to criticise it would be that the gentle environmental issue is pushed a little harder on this occasion, with pollution gaining a capital letter and being divided into sub-classes.
The wombles are some of the greatest children's book characters I have ever encountered. The books are smart, environmentally aware and fun! Suitable even for adults :)
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Elisabeth Beresford was born in Paris, France on August 6, 1926. During World War II, she served as a radio operator in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a ghost writer, specializing in speeches, and as a journalist. During her lifetime, she wrote about 100 books including Escape to Happiness, A show more Tropical Affair, and A Passionate Adventure for adults and Danger on the Old Pull 'n Push, The Hidden Mill, and the Magic series for children. She is best known for creating the Wombles of Wimbledon Common. The first book in the series, The Wombles, was published in 1968 and soon afterward, it was made into an animated series. She wrote over 20 Wombles books. She also wrote two TV series, Seven Days to Sydney and Come to the Caribbean. She was awarded an MBE for services to children's literature in the 1998. She died of heart failure on December 24, 2010 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Wombles at Work
- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters
- Tomsk Womble; Great Uncle Bulgaria; Madame Cholet Womble; Miss Adelaide Womble; Tobermory Womble; Orinoco Womble (show all 8); Bungo Womble; Wellington Womble
- Important places
- Hyde Park, London, England, UK
- Dedication
- To Max with Love
- First words
- Dawn was just breaking over Hyde Park - and the rest of London of course - when Tomsk Womble slid back the bolt that fastened the front door of the Womble's underground burrow.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And, for once in his life, he was right!
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .B4486 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- English, Finnish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 3
