Wombat Underground: A Wildfire Survival Story

by Sarah L. Thomson and Charles Santoso

Book Overview

Inspired by viral online stories during the 2019-2020 wildfires in Australia featuring wombats 'saving' other animals taking shelter in their burrows, here is a lyrical story about strangers in need of refuge. Up on the hill, Wallaby licks a puddle's last drop. Skink slips into the shade. Echidna hides in grass as dry as tinder. Under the hill, Wombat carves out a cave that's all his own. Then--KABOOM!--lightning strikes. Written in simple and concise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316707066
• ISBN13: 9780316707060
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3