TY - BOOK AU - Beresford, Elisabeth AU - Price, Nick TI - Wombles SN - 9781408821800 U1 - Fiction BER-E PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Children Fiction KW - Young Learners KW - Wombles (Fictitious characters) KW - England--Merton--Wimbledon Common KW - Children's stories KW - Fantasy KW - Collectors and collecting KW - Recycling (Waste, etc.) KW - Orderliness KW - Environmental degradation N1 - The Wombles is the first ever Wombles book and introduces the stern but kindly Great Uncle Bulgaria; Orinoco, who is particularly fond of his food and a subsequent 40 winks; general handyman extraordinaire Tobermory, who can turn almost anything that the Wombles retrieve from Wimbledon Common into something useful; Madame Cholet, who cooks the most delicious and natural foods to keep the Wombles happy and contented; and last but not least, Bungo, one of the youngest and cheekiest Wombles of all, who has much to learn and is due to venture out onto the Common on his own for the very first time ER -