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Wombat Stew, by Marcia K. Vaughan, illustrated by Pamela Lofts
Silver Burdett Press, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,1986
First published in 1984 by Ashton Scholastic Pty Lmited (Inc. in NSW), PO Box 579, Gosford 2250.
ISBN 0-382-09211-2
LC Catalog Card No. 85-63492
Platypus,Emu, Old Blue Tongue the Lizard, Echidna and Koala conspire to trick Dingo out of making stew out of Wombat.
Includes a song - music and lyrics.
High on my list of favorite stories to read over and over again with a class of preschoolers.
posted by jisabellam at 9:47 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2009
posted by anniekirk at 11:51 am (EST) on Jan 12, 2009
posted by bobmcconnaughey at 12:14 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2009
posted by Pepys at 5:36 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2009
(You're on the hot reviews list).
posted by ryn_books at 5:27 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2009
posted by LeesyLou at 9:06 am (EST) on May 14, 2008
our collections appear to have an interesting intersection. how did you like pushkin's onegin? which translation did you read? have you read vikram seth's the golden gate, which is modeled on it?
peter
posted by peterdmark at 3:23 am (EST) on Jun 14, 2007
You have Annie on My Mind on your list. I strongly recommend The Year They Burned the Books, by Nancy Garden as well.
posted by rosethorne at 10:03 pm (EST) on May 21, 2006
And by the way, when I was in college, we used to refer to the dorm cleaning women as "wombats" ---with all due respect and affection, of course. (I think I recognize one of them in your icon!) I guess that practice has fallen out of favor---my daughter attended the same college, and she never heard the term. I think we should have called the maintenance men "bandicoots".
posted by laytonwoman3rd at 3:52 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2005
posted by laytonwoman3rd at 10:24 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2005
My degree (Simmons in Boston) was the best money I've ever spent...er, am spending and will continue to spend as I repay loans. Luckily, undergrad gave me lots of practice in this skill.
posted by Sarahsponda at 2:23 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2005
posted by Linkmeister at 2:56 am (EST) on Oct 5, 2005
And sometimes it's the odd volumes that mean the most. Isolated things one doesn't expect anyone else to share (which is why I like the adjustment for book obscurity so much!).
At least I'll go ahead and put my own cookbooks in. If I can't go to the Flamingo with Archie, have Wolfe actually enjoy my company, or snag Saul Panzer for a husband, perhaps I will at least grow into a decent cook! (- Not that Fritz is in any danger!)
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 11:21 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2005
People who value books, and love language, gravitate (and relate) to Wolfe and to Stout's writing more than others, perhaps, hence the numbers here...?
The Red Box hasn't arrived, but I'm looking forward to it. Your parents' copy sounds like the kind of wonderfully timeworn paperback I grew up on. I had one fall apart on me today, re-shelving.
- Hope you're able to get a re-reading in!
If I could have a second wish, beyond Wolfe's library, I'd like to see Fritz's select fifty cookbooks, too...
Julie
posted by Eurydice at 12:45 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2005
posted by Eurydice at 1:57 am (EST) on Oct 1, 2005