Who wrote the 1968 children's book 'The Wombles'?
The Wombles (band) on the charts". The film "The Rutles" featured a Ringo Starr-inspired character named Barrington Womble who "shortened his name to save time...he simply became Barry Wom." The Wombles (band) The Wombles are a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from children's TV show "The Wombles", which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer Mike Batt wrote the series' theme tune, and went on to perform and write a number of successful albums and singles as 'The Wombles' with other collaborators. "British Hit Singles & Albums" jokingly referred
The Wombles original four, perhaps because they appeared after the successful television series began. In "The Wandering Wombles", the setting moved from Wimbledon Common to Hyde Park in central London. However "The Wombles to the Rescue" saw them return to Wimbledon Common. Four of the books were illustrated by Margaret Gordon. "The Wombles at Work" (1973) was illustrated by Barry Leith, who worked on set design for the original FilmFair series. The appearance of the Wombles in the books followed the design of the Ivor Wood TV puppets, with the exception of original editions of "The Wombles" (1968) and first printings of