Elizabeth Beresford
Writing
Biography
Elisabeth Beresford MBE was an English author of children's books. She is best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she worked as a journalist, but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. Their recycling theme was noted especially and the Wombles became popular with children across the world. While Beresford wrote many other works, the Wombles remained her best-known.
Known For
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
The Wombles
A children's animation series that is centred around Bertie the bat and his friends who all live in the sky and try to keep it clean and pollution free.
Bertie the Bat
Snip and Snap was a 1960 British animated series from Halas & Batchelor. It was directed by the Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard and John Halas. It featured the exploits of a dog made of paper and pair of scissors.
Snip and Snap
The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.