Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball

Cute illustrations, sweet story and an edge because it's a wombat, not just a bunny or something. The kids have all enjoyed this book.

Sweet and wonderful, but fairly unoriginal... until one realizes that it's a Wombat!! Not an overdone bunny, bear cub, or kitten, but a wombat! And other antipodal critters... ;)

edit - what a neat coincidence... immediately after reading this I pick up [b:I Can Fly|42278|I Can Fly (Little Golden Book)|Ruth Krauss|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388443074s/42278.jpg|41770] which is pretty much the same story, just northern hemisphere and from 1951...

Little Wombat spends a day doing favorite things. He especially enjoys walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. But when the day ends and the sun starts to fall... he goes back home to Mama and curls into a ball.

this is a cute book about how little wombat feels and what he likes to do. the illustrations are soft, warm and captivating. this would be a great book to read to a group of little on's because the ryhming text keeps their attentions as well as the illustrations.

The way the Chipmonk tells his story is personfied. Chipmoks cannot talk, nor can they explain theire actions in words. This is why the story is identified as a fantasy because the plot of the story is not realistic.
Based on the style of the book I gave the rating a high score. The author catches the readers attention easily by the uplifting words and phrases used. The ending also catches the reader off guard because the reader expects the chipmonk to continue to enjoy active activities but instead he chooses to curl up and go to bed.

This is a charming, delightful story of a wombat who spends the day doing some of his favorite things: sometimes it's standing still like a tree, or racing his friends and sometimes it's curling up in a ball!

Life is a lot of fun for Wombat. He likes to enjoy himself. But best of all he likes to curl up in a ball.