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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: Shansi's Surprise (Wombles)

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    First published in 1972 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1964 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The MacWomble's pipe band

    First published in 1976 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The treasure hunters

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  • Cover of: The invisible Womble, and other stories

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  • Cover of: Escape to happiness

    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Vanishing magic

    First published in 1970 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wombles gift book

    First published in 1975 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Animals Nobody Wanted

    First published in 1981 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Island Bus

    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Travelling magic

    First published in 1965 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Curious magic

    Cover of edition curiousmagic00bere First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Secret Room

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The hidden mill.

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mysterious Island

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  • Cover of: The Tovers.

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lizzie Fights on (Storybooks)

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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Born 6 August 1926
Died 24 December 2010

Subjects

Children's stories, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Pictorial works, Wombles (Fictitious characters), Children, Histoires pour enfants, Short stories, World War, 1939-1945, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, American Love stories, Fantasy fiction, Treasure troves, Young adult fiction, Animal rescue, Animals, fiction, Automobiles, fiction, Boats and boating, fiction, Buried treasure, Buried treasure, fiction, Cats, Child and youth fiction, Children's parties, Children's stories, English

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England

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england

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  • 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