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A Great Story With Actual Photographs Instead of the Usual Drawn Illustrations
There are at least 20 books in the Rebecca Johnson (writer)/ Steve Parish (photographer) in the Steve Parish Storybook collection and with the exception of the odd average one, most are really good.Amazon only sells a fraction of the titles so you may need to look elsewhere as well.All have Australian animals as the main characters with the series covering land based mammals, reptiles and even including ocean based ones such as clown fish and dolphins.This is a very successful series sold not just in bookstores but wildlife parks and well anywhere that sells postcards and souveneirs in Australia so there will no doubt be hundreds in this series in the future.

In Wombat's Secret a young wombat observes two kangaroos sharing a secret. Nosey she asks her mother and a heap of other Australian animals what it is and none of them know.She eventually sees other kangaroos and asks them.They tell her.What is the secret?You'll need to read and find out.

Besides wombat photographs, inside this book are also photographs of a platypus, wallabies, kangaroos, an emu, koala, kookaburras, echidna and other Australian iconic wildlife favourites.

There's also another in this series involving a wombat called Wombat's Friend.Not in this series but a very good children's picture book involving wombats is Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan. Sebastian Lives in a Hat by by Thelma Catterwell and Kerry Argent is also a good picture book.

Other great Australian wildlife fiction picture book classics aside from this series by other authors you should check out are Possum Magic, Hunwick's Egg,Olga the Brolga and Edward the Emu.

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When Willamena Wombat discovered that she and three of her friends, Katie Koala, Kelly Kangaroo & Penny Possum were being sent to a Zoo in London she was nervous; and sad at leaving her other friends. She soon forgot her sadness when their cages accidentally fell out of the back of a van during their transfer to the London Zoo. They were lost in an unfamiliar and scary English forest.Searching for food in the dark forest, she detected the scent of an unfamiliar animal, and ran for her life with the animal in pursuit. There was no safe wombat burrow to hide in here. Willamena found herself at the mercy of a strange animal that came to her rescue.Can she trust this animal? How will she escape?'The Adventures of Willamena Wombat' is the first in a trilogy that relates the adventures of these four animals. The stories cover the interaction between the unique animals of both countries, who, while very different, live in a similar manner. ... Read more

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Educational as well as entertaining
If you have children who are interested in learning about animals from around the world, this enchanting animal adventure book, `Lost In A Strange Land: The Adventures of Willamena Wombat' is a good book for them to read. Written by an Australian author Elaine Ouston, for early readers, it relates the adventures of four unique Australian animals that become lost in an English forest. It educates the kids about the animals of both countries and shows the comparisons in the way they live. The interactions between the animals are handled sensitively and promote a strong moral of not judging others by appearance. My kids loved it and can't wait for the next book in the series. Check out her website elaineouston.com for other books she has written that will be released soon. Lost In A Strange Land: The Adventures of Willamena Wombat ... Read more

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Wombat is a cartoon strip from Vancouver artist Rod Filbrandt and the precursor to his long-lived and much loved strip, Dry Shave. In Wombat: The Collected Comic Strip the reader witnesses the development of a cartoon strip and the characters that fill its frames, from its nascent, raw stages, when it first ran in Discorder (a UBC Campus paper) in the late 1980s, on through numerous growth spurts, to the amazingly polished strides of the early 1990s, and finally to its sad and noirish end in 1994.

One can easily see where the artist is going with his extensive cast of louts, drunkards, grifters, drifters, and wanna-bes of every stripe. You can almost smell the cast of Dry Shave through the blue smoke and beer mist. ... Read more

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The Flying Wombat Woman uses all her XXX tricks to fight Orlock, Satan's Sorcerer Of Lust! Great Classic Comix!! ... Read more

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Chapters: The Magic Pudding, Digger, Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat, the Muddle-Headed Wombat, Wombat Stu, Willie Wombat. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 82. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Magic Pudding: Being The Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff is an Australian children's book written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. It is a comic fantasy, a classic of Australian children's literature. The story is set in Australia with humans mixing with anthropomorphic animals. It tells of a magic pudding which, no matter how often it is eaten, always reforms in order to be eaten again. It is owned by three companions who must defend it against Pudding Thieves who want it for themselves. The book is divided into four "slices" instead of chapters. There are many short songs interspersed throughout the text, varying from stories told in rhyme to descriptions of a characters' mood or behaviour and verses to an ongoing sea song. Wanting to see the world, Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he meets Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin who are eating a pudding. The pudding is a magic one which, no matter how much you eat it, always reforms into a whole pudding again. He is called Albert, has thin arms and legs and is a bad-tempered, ill-mannered so-and-so into the bargain. His only pleasure is being eaten and on his insistence, Bill and Sam invite Bunyip to join them for lunch. They then set off on the road together, Bill explaining to Bunyip how he and Sam were once shipwrecked with a ship's cook on a iceberg where the cook created the pudding which they now own. Later on they encounter the Pudding Thieves, a Possum and a Wombat. These nas...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2406396 ... Read more

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(ages 6 - 8) Wombat est impatient d'aller en Chine pour participer à un camp de football. Il ne sait pas encore que des grandes aventures l'attendent, avec son meilleur ami Joshua et un petit panda! ... Read more

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The real adventure begins when Wombat finds a lost red panda
The second volume in the delightful "Wombat Smith" series about an anthropomorphic wombat with a strong streak of curiosity, Wombat Smith: Beijing Breakaway! follows young Wombat on a trip to Beijing in order to take part in an international soccer camp. Wombat learns to play soccer, discovers the marvels and majesties of Chinese culture, and prepares to play in a real soccer tournament, all of which are exciting enough. But the real adventure begins when Wombat finds a lost red panda; his heart goes out to the unfortunate animal, and he tries to help it get back to the zoo. But when Wombat is mistaken for a thief trying to steal the panda, he gets caught in a whirlwind of events that threaten to keep him from the big game! An engaging story especially notable for its upbeat attitude and the main character's enthusiasm to thrive amid a strange new land.
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Wombat Rue is an independent adventure, fantasy story in which Rue (a stoic wombat) and his long-time companion, Jack (a sarcastic jack a lope), are from Alanova, a country that collapsed after using all its resources preparing for an Armageddon that never arrived. Quinn, the conquering warlord suddenly and mysteriously vanished, just as he and his vicious army of wolves reached their border. But the war is not over yet...In CHAPTER 2: The Benefit of the Scout, Rue Jack & Jade search for the three sisters, encounter a tasmanian devil motorcycle gang, and are engulfed by flames.Appeals to ALL ages - kids love it, adults love it even more!Full color, glossy paper. ... Read more