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'Bottersnikes are the laziest creatures, probably, in the whole world.
They are too lazy to dig burrows, like rabbits, or to find hollow trees to live in as the small animals do, and would be horrified at the work of building nests, like birds. Bottersnikes find their homes readymade, in rubbish heaps. When they find a pile of tins, pots, pans and junk, they think it is lovely, and crawl in. And live there, sleeping mostly. Best of all they like the rubbish heaps along dusty roadsides in the lonely Australian bush, where they can sleep for weeks, undisturbed.' (Publication Summary)
Adaptations
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y
Bottersnikes and Gumbles
1982
9363626
1982
single work
drama
children's
fantasy
Marionette-based adaptation of the children's book of the same name.
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y
Bottersnikes and Gumbles
1983
9363735
1983
single work
drama
children's
fantasy
A Youth Theatre adaptation of S.A. Wakefield's children's story.
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form
y
Bottersnikes and Gumbles
( dir. David Webster
et. al. )agent
Australia
:
Cheeky Little Media
Mighty Nice
,
2015
9364184
2015
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
fantasy
'Based on the original seventies Penguin books our series tells the story of our three Gumble heroes Tink, Bounce and Willi. Gumbles can squash and stretch into any imaginable shape without being hurt. They love nothing more than to 'gumble' all day long, which means crazy, stretchy, jack-ass style capers around their junk valley. They just have to avoid capture by the Bottersnikes - the stinkiest, ugliest, laziest and most mean spirited of creatures. They eat mattress stuffing and rusty nails and like to put the gumbles to work whenever they can lay their claws on them.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Pages of the Ages
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 18) -
Light Fantasy: Animal Fantasy and Humour
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 137-153) -
Good Local Puppet Theatre
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 September 1982;
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Down in the dumps
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 3 October 1968;
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Bottersnikes and Gumbles
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 30 1968; (p. 28)
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Bottersnikes and Gumbles
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 30 1968; (p. 28)
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Charming adventure in time
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 November 1967;
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 December 1967; (p. 13)
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Down in the dumps
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 3 October 1968;
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Good Local Puppet Theatre
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 September 1982;
— Review of Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1967 single work children's fiction -
Pages of the Ages
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 18) -
Light Fantasy: Animal Fantasy and Humour
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 137-153)