Tag: Wimbledon Common

The Wombles

The Wombles

by Elisabeth Beresford (Ernest Benn, 1968)

Beresford_Wombles

The book that started a phenomenon. Beresford envisaged bear-like creatures living on Wimbledon Common. They are honest, hardworking, kind, curious and tidy but the younger Wombles are sometimes led into trouble by their childlike foibles. Each chapter relates a sweet, safe mini-adventure.