A picturebook retelling of the story of one episode from the brand-new TV series, and illustrated with photos from the TV. The Wombles are fondly remembered and have now been given a new lease of life with new adventures, new costumes, new characters, new technology to aid their mission to clear up litter - and with all the charm and appeal of the original TV series!

In this story, Great Uncle Bulgaria decides to move the burrow buggy out of the way but as he has never driven it before, chaos ensues as the car runs away with him. Wellington and Tobermory attempt an air rescue from the Womcopter but in the end, it is Madame Cholet and Alderney who save the day with a giant bowl of cake mix!

The first new TV series has already achieved huge publicity and his will be repated when the new series is shown on ITV from January-March 1999. An extensive range of merchandise (toys and games, food, clothing - children's and adult, stationery, etc) has already been launched and more will be added throughout 1999.

This book features in the following series: The Wombles, Wombles Series .

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Elisabeth Beresford is a well-known and established children's author who has been awarded the MBE for her services to children's literature, but is best-known for the characters she created 25 years ago - the Wombles