In the "Variety Stage 9" books, Elisabeth Beresford describes adventures on Riduna Island in "Pirate Gold", "Tommy in Trouble", and "Tessa on TV". Riduna is normally a quiet little island, but on three occasions, there is a big story to tell. Joan Aiken retells folk tales of a wise girl who wins herself a king, a young man who finds himself a useful servant, and a very kind girl who finds herself in trouble, but has her kindness repaid. "Variety" books support and extend the reading skills acquired from reading "Duck Green School Stories". They are divided into consolidation stories ("Pirate Gold", "Tommy in Trouble", "Tessa on TV") and extension stories ("The Wise Girl", "Serve Me", "Stefan", and "Helena and the Wild Man").
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Elisabeth Beresford first came up with the idea for the Wombles characters when walking on Wimbledon Common with her two children. She started sketching out the characters that day: Great Uncle Bulgaria was based on her father-in-law, Tobermory on her brother (an inventor), Orinoco on her son, and Madame Cholet on her mother. She hoped that the Wombles stori
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