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Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields
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Wombat Walkabout (original 2009; edition 2009)

by Carol Diggory Shields, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)

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Rhyming text follows six little wombats on walkabout and a hungry dingo following, envisioning them as his lunch until the wombats turn the tables on him.
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Title:Wombat Walkabout
Authors:Carol Diggory Shields
Other authors:Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Info:Dutton Juvenile (2009), Hardcover, 32 pages
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Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields (2009)

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A great book with counting and rhyming. Mx memorized this book and it was the first one he "read" verbatim, but both loved it/ This was our first "Marcello" book
  Mx2018 | Oct 8, 2023 |
Yes, I do read all the wombat books in the children's section. What? ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Rhyming text describes six little wombats on a walkabout and a dingo with a hungry eye that captures them one by one until only two are left. These remaining two dig a pit and lay sticks over it, trapping the dingo, so they're able to rescue their mates and be "home for tea." ( )
  JennyArch | Sep 25, 2019 |
This is a very fun read. The beginning of the book has explanations of Australian words that will be used in the book. It also has pictures of items that each character is wearing and that character's names next to it. That is probably very helpful and also a good tool to help readers associate the items with their characters and help differentiate the wombats, since they all look similar. It begins with six wombats going on a walkabout and as they walk along, each wombat stops and is distracted by something. As each wombat leaves, we count how many are left all the way until there are only two. A dingo has their friends and they make a plan to stop him and get their friends back. The illustration is very cute. There is very good counting and rhyming for students to understand. ( )
  mledward | Jan 24, 2019 |
The story is great for teaching young children counting down from six to one and it is also a great lesson for them not to leave their groups and wonder around a lone.
  vovasameh | Jun 3, 2017 |
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For Leigh
--C.D.S.
For Lachlan, Imogen, Matthew, Edwina, Tom, and Meg, in no particular order
--S.B.
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Early one morning when the sun came out,
SIX wooly wombats went walkabout.
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This book is by Carol Diggory Shields, a children's author illustrator who lives in California. Please edit your copy of this work to update the author's name, so that this work will be listed on Carol Diggory Shields' page with her other children's books. Amazon.com incorrectly listed this author as Carol Shields; an update request has been submitted to them.
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