181 // Diary of a Wombat/ Jackie French (Author), Bruce Whatley (Illustrator)

Diary of a Wombat/ Jackie French (Author), Bruce Whatley (Illustrator)

• Clarion

• 2002

• Wombats are cuddly-looking, slow-moving Australian animals. Their favorite activities are eating, sleeping, and digging holes. Here, in the words of one unusually articulate wombat, is the tongue-in-cheek account of a busy week; eating, sleeping, digging holes . . . and training its new neighbors, a family of humans, to produce treats on demand. This entertaining book, with its brief, humorous text and hilarious illustrations, will endear the wombat to young children, who may recognize in the determined furry creature some qualities that they share. - From Amazon

• Australian Animals

• The pacing of this book rolls along nicely with the wombat's actions staged across the page. I thought it was really funny as the humans were introduced and we hear what the wombat things about various human things!