Wombat Walkabout

from AbigailAdams26

"Six woolly wombats, walking one by one, / Passed a golden wattle blooming in the sun. / The last little wombat, whose name was Clive, / Stopped to smell the flowers... then there were FIVE." And so it goes as six wombats go walkabout in this Australian-themed rhyming counting book, finding their...

from allawishus

This title is absolutely freaking adorable; it's really a perfect storytime title. The book is large format with big illustrations spanning both pages. The text is a minimalist counting rhyme about six wombats outsmarting a wily dingo. The book introduces some new vocabulary as well as some basic...

from kryoung1

This story an Australian twist on the classic counting type of book with the monkeys jumping on the bed. Instead it features a family of wombats taking a stroll and one by one disappearing. I liked the way that it was told and how it introduces things that American students may not previously kno...

from linnaea44

Excellent counting book! I love the rhythm of the story, very fun to read aloud. I like how the author made the words rhyme with the number it was trying to teach. The illustrations were great, I thought the Dingo was not too scary, but intimidating enough to know he was the bad guy. The wombats ...

from elenaazad

Quirky is the word that comes to mind when describing Carol Diggory Shields' recent picture book "Wombat Walkabout." Six little wombats go out on a walkabout one day in the Australian outback. They're having a good time until a hungry dingo sneaks up on them, carrying them off one by one... Kids ...