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Bernie
Bernie is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Universal Carrier.
Rushing, keen, a bit of a scamp.
“Coming through!”
Character card
- Best at
- Zips about, small and low
- Quirk
- Corners in a hurry
- Usually causes
- Skids
- Read-aloud voice
- Cockney, chirpy
In the books
In Fiona's book he races away from the fuel station with the balloons hidden under a sheet, because he is no good at keeping secrets.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Bernie based on?
- Real vehicle
- Universal Carrier
- Era
- 1940s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Steers gentle bends by bending his tracks; over 100,000 were built.
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