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Elisabeth Beresford

Elisabeth Beresford, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she took work 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.

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Born 6 August 1926
Died 24 December 2010

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  • Cover of: The Wombles: Beautiful Boating Weather (Wombles)
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    Cover of edition shansissurprise0000bere Cover of edition wombles0000bere_m8u3 Cover of edition womblesabere00bere Cover of edition wombles0000bere Cover of edition womblesabere00bere Cover of edition wombles0000bere_c0z0 First published in 1968 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Dangerous Magic
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    First published in 1972 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Smallest Whale
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    First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wandering Wombles
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    Cover of edition wanderingwombles0000bere_f3u7 Cover of edition wanderingwombles0000bere_a3g0 Cover of edition thewanderingwomb0000elis First published in 1974 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wombles to the rescue
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    Cover of edition womblestorescue0000bere Cover of edition womblestorescue0000bere_t6m1 First published in 1974 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wombles at work
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    Cover of edition womblesatwork0000bere First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Awkward magic
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    First published in 1964 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The invisible Womble, and other stories
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    Cover of edition invisiblewomble0000bere First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The MacWomble's pipe band
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    First published in 1976 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Orinoco runs away

    First published in 1975 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Stephen and the shaggy dog

    First published in 1970 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The treasure hunters
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    Cover of edition treasurehunters0000bere_h4p2 Cover of edition treasurehunters0000bere_p8y1 First published in 1980 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Wellington and the blue balloon

    First published in 1975 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Invisible magic

    First published in 1974 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Knights of the cardboard castle

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wombles in danger

    First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Escape to happiness
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    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Rose.

    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sea-green magic

    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Vanishing magic
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    First published in 1970 — 3 editions
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Born 6 August 1926
Died 24 December 2010

Subjects

Children's stories, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Wombles (Fictitious characters), Fiction, Pictorial works, Short stories, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, England), Humorous stories, Imaginary creatures, London, Readers, Recycling (Waste), Wimbledon Common (Wimbledon, Children, Fantasy fiction, Histoires pour enfants, World War, 1939-1945, American Love stories, Cats, Child and youth fiction, Children's parties, Children's stories, English, Fantasy

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England

Time

1950-, england

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL1008277A

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Alternative names

  • Elizabeth Beresford
  • Liz Beresford

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November 13, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
November 13, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
October 4, 2021 Edited by Jenner merge authors
August 20, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import