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Diary of a Baby Wombat

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Submitted by Ms. Jill!

Diary of a Baby Wombat By Jackie French. Our wombat friend from Diary of a Wombat is back, and she’s got a joey now! (Baby wombats are called “joeys” just like baby kangaroos and koalas.) This new book is a diary of the little joey’s days: she sleeps a LOT, like all wombats, but like babies everywhere she also loves to bounce and play! She goes exploring, makes a strange new friend to play with, and when she and her mother start to outgrow their burrow, she goes looking for the perfect hole to make their new home. The joey finds hole after hole, and even tries digging one with her friend, but none are quite right. Will mama wombat and her joey ever find a new place to live? Read Diary of a Baby Wombat to find out the surprising answer! See this book listed in our catalog

Hug Time

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Hug Time is an adorable story by Patrick McDonnell, creator of the “Mutts” comic strip series. Jules is a kitten who is so filled with love, he wants to give the whole world a hug, so he makes a Hug To-Do List and sets off. He hugs his friends, and all the birds in the park. He gets on a boat to find a whale to hug. He travels to Africa to hug an elephant. He explores the rain forest and discovers a new species (which he promptly hugs). He hugs a tiger, a panda, even a wombat (hooray)! He even goes to the north pole to hug a polar bear. While we may not be able to hug the world, we can start spreading the love by hugging those closest to us.

Wombat Walkabout

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I love wombats. What else can I say? If your child loves wombats too, Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields, and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, is simply required reading. Six wombats go for a stroll through the outback. A handful get distracted by interesting Australian things like a wattle tree, a billabong, and a kookabura (all of which are defined in a handy intro). When only two are left, they discover they’ve been trailed by a hungry dingo, and must save their friends from his evil clutches. They capture him with the tried and true cover-a-hole-with-sticks trick, which may seem old hat to you, but fabulously innovative to your youngster!

Diary of a Wombat

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Australia is a fantastic place filled with many creatures unfamiliar to us: Kangaroos, Koalas, and an adorable burrowing marsupial called a Wombat–the subject of Jackie French’s Diary of a Wombat, illustrated by Bruce Whatley. It’s told in true diary form, the wombat treating us to her day to day routine consisting mostly of eating, sleeping, and scratching. But one day she discovers she has new neighbors–humans! And these humans have delicious carrots, for which she will do most anything for! This is a very cute book you’re sure to enjoy.