The Secret Life of Wombats

Author: James Woodford
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1921834900
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
Whitley Award winner for Best Popular Zoology Book. With his usual brilliance James Woodford explores the wombat's bizarre evolutionary history and perilous future. This is popular science writing at its best: an irresistible subject in the hands of an irrepressible author.

The Secret World Of Wombats

Author: Bruce Whatley
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 0730444821
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
Companion non fiction title for the bestselling Diary of a Wombat that explores everything you've ever wanted to know about wombats. Jackie French loves wombats. She's been living with and studying them for over 30 years, and they have been featured characters in many of her books. Now her beloved wombats take center stage, as Jackie reveals everything you have ever wanted to know about them - from their zoological history to habitation and habits. Jackie also shares some personal stories from her experiences living with these wonderful creatures. There are also wombat Q&As and wombat jokes sprinkled throughout the book.

How to Scratch a Wombat

Author: Jackie French
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618868643
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
What's the best way to scratch a wombat? In this cross between memoir and natural history, French shares her often hilarious adventures with her wombat neighbors in Australia and describes their physiology, history, and habits. Illustrations.

Braver

Author: Suzanne Selfors
Publisher: Imprint
ISBN: 1250220335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
For fans of the Warrior series and Redwall, Braver: A Wombat’s Tale is an exciting new fantasy adventure novel for young readers from Suzanne Selfors and Walker Ranson. A 2021 Charlotte Huck Recommended Book Lola Budge isn’t your average bare-nosed wombat. While her parents and neighbors in the Northern Forest want nothing more than peace and quiet, Lola loves to talk. Bored by the quiet routine of wombat life, Lola desperately wants something, anything, interesting to happen. But when Lola follows the terrifying sound of unfamiliar screeching, she discovers a predator who has been kept in exile for many generations. And this creature has captured the peaceful wombats and carted them away—including Lola’s parents. To save her family, Lola will need help from the Queen of Tassie Island herself. But the road to the golden city of Dore is long and treacherous for a young wombat, especially with predators on the loose. To save the ones she loves, Lola will have to brave infested swamps, rushing rivers, and soaring heights, while encountering all sorts of strange critters, both friend and foe. At times exciting, at times heart-warming, this is the story of a wombat who is much braver than anyone imagined. An Imprint Book

Diary of a Wombat

Author: Jackie French
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 0730444244
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat!Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and most difficult of all - trains her humans. She teaches them when she would like carrots, when she would like oats and when she would like both at the same time. But these humans are slow learners.Find out how one wombat - between scratching, sleeping and eating - manages to fit the difficult job of training humans into her busy schedule.

Wombat Underground

Author: Sarah L. Thomson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316707060
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.

Real Dirt

Author: James Woodford
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1921834935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Real Dirt is the true story of a sea-change, the life that led there, and what you have to do to get where you want to be. When James Woodford realised the greasy pole of big-city ambition was not for him, he focused on rediscovering the environmentalist within, and getting his family out of the city. How hard could it be?

Wombat

Author: Christopher Cheng
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536220361
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Learn all about the Australian “bulldozer of the bush” in a fascinating introduction to the wombat. Wombats may look soft and cuddly, but they are determined and tough, with sharp teeth that never stop growing, limbs that they use to shovel dirt like bulldozers, and bony bottoms they use to defend their burrows. They can live for years without drinking water, getting all of their moisture from the plants they eat—and they deposit their cube-shaped poop on rocks or stumps as a warning to other wombats. Follow one of these powerful marsupials through a suspenseful day in Christopher Cheng’s engaging narration, paired with endearing illustrations by Liz Duthie and interspersed with intriguing facts. An endnote provides additional information about wombats for readers curious to learn more.

Wombats

Author: Barbara Triggs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Presents, in text and photographs, the habits, life cycle, and natural environment of the Australian wombat, one of the world's largest burrowing animals.

Don't Pat the Wombat!

Author: Elizabeth Honey
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743437145
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
The warts-and-all story of a Grade 6 school camp (including the funny, rude and naughty bits), featuring a loner called Jonah and an explosive teacher called The Bomb.