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Loading... The Wombles Go Round the World (Puffin Books) (original 1976; edition 1980)by Elisabeth Beresford
Work InformationThe Wombles Go Round the World by Elisabeth Beresford (1976)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This starts with Great Uncle Bulgaria reading a story to the Wombles, only they are getting restless. they've heard them all before and they're all old. And so Bulgaria launches them on a plan for 2 pairs of Wombles to travel around the world and collect stories from other lands in order to write the tenth volume of A Womble History of the World. This gives a chance for younger readers to learn something about other countries, with the Wombles visiting the Black Forest, Tibet, Australis, New Zealand, US & Japan. All in clockwork balloons. At times this looks dated, with the Womblex clearly being a version of a fax machine (who has them now?). At others it is ahead of its time with the environmental message, there is even climate change in here. The Wimbledon burrow seems quiet without Tomsk, Wellington, Orinocco & Bungo, with the other Wombles getting tetchy at times and overworked. It concludes with the wanderers returning home to a party, the work of writing the history probably continues after wards. It was interesting that they didn't visit Russia, despite there being a Womble burrow there, we have met Omsk previously, but then this was the 1907s and it was probably politically better to steer clear. It reads as much as a set of short essays with a connected character than a story, but it remains enjoyable, nonetheless. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Great Uncle Bulgaria loves telling the ancient and revered history of the Womble clans to the younger Wombles. But to his great sadness he notices that the young Wombles are not nearly as interested in the history as he is. So Great Uncle Bulgaria decides to take action and show these young Wombles how wonderful-and international-the history of the Wombles is. Tobermory invents some very eco-friendly clockwork air balloons to travel in and Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk and Wellington are sent to America, Tibet and Australia. In these interesting and far-flung places the young Wombles get quite as much excitement as they could wish for! No library descriptions found. |
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