Humorous illustrations depict fourteen Australian animals, introduced in rhyme, along with the numbers from one to fourteen.
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This zany counting book features Australia's creatures, from the title character to five pesky platypuses, and up to 14 slick seals. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"...a stunning and unusual counting book...exquisite illustrations complemented by the wry, rhythmic text result in a book of award-winning quality." --- Christian Science Monitor
"One Woolly Wombat is a simple book, but its choice of fun words and adorable creatures makes the act of counting so much more enjoyable. This is one of those counting books kids will use until they ve mastered their first batch of digits, and then will pass on to a lucky sibling ready to sail out to sea with fourteen slick seals." --- Curled Up Kids
"Most of the animals featured in this Australian import may not be recognized by young children, but they are introduced so adorably that little ones will certainly respond to them. Using a counting-book format (although there are no pictures of the figures), this depicts one woolly wombat sunning by the sea, two cuddly koalas sipping tea, and so forth. Argent's tromp l'oile full-color pictures are an absolute delight. The wombat, sitting in a blue-and-white-striped deck chair and wearing palm tree decorated trunks and yellow sunglasses, is sure to promote giggles, as are the nine hungry goannas (reptiles that resemble alligators) in aprons and chefs hats. Other pictures are less humorous but just as striking; the 'three warbling magpies waking up the sun' gets high marks for its lush green jungles and distant mountains brushed with gold. The page facing each picture is simply an expanse of white, except for one line of text and an appropriate symbol (one deck chair, for instance), which represents the number. A vivid, unusual introduction to counting and to the animals of Australia." --- Booklist
"One Woolly Wombat is a simple book, but its choice of fun words and adorable creatures makes the act of counting so much more enjoyable. This is one of those counting books kids will use until they ve mastered their first batch of digits, and then will pass on to a lucky sibling ready to sail out to sea with fourteen slick seals." --- Curled Up Kids
"Most of the animals featured in this Australian import may not be recognized by young children, but they are introduced so adorably that little ones will certainly respond to them. Using a counting-book format (although there are no pictures of the figures), this depicts one woolly wombat sunning by the sea, two cuddly koalas sipping tea, and so forth. Argent's tromp l'oile full-color pictures are an absolute delight. The wombat, sitting in a blue-and-white-striped deck chair and wearing palm tree decorated trunks and yellow sunglasses, is sure to promote giggles, as are the nine hungry goannas (reptiles that resemble alligators) in aprons and chefs hats. Other pictures are less humorous but just as striking; the 'three warbling magpies waking up the sun' gets high marks for its lush green jungles and distant mountains brushed with gold. The page facing each picture is simply an expanse of white, except for one line of text and an appropriate symbol (one deck chair, for instance), which represents the number. A vivid, unusual introduction to counting and to the animals of Australia." --- Booklist
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Modern Australian classic,
By saliero (NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Woolly Wombat (Paperback)
one woolly wombat sunning by the sea two cuddly koalas sipping gumnut teaand so on to fourteen A now-classic Australian counting book, featuring native animals and other features of the Australian landscape and lifestyle (bush, lamingtons, and some flora) A good choice for a counting book (also going beyond the traditional 10) for Aussie and non-Aussie kids alike.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A witty and colourful Australian childrens book,
By A Customer
This review is from: One Woolly Wombat (Paperback)
This book has been a favourite of my cousins. It is witty, colourful and incorporates Australian animals, which children always love. Lots of pictures, and easily read or sung.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Learn to Count to 14 With The Help of a Wide Range of Australian Wildlife With this 1982 Classic Learning Tool,
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This review is from: One Woolly Wombat (Paperback)
One Woolly Wombat certainly has no complicated storyline or even a basic one for that matter. Similar in style to say the 12 days of Christmas song but in numerical order the reader visits one woolly wombat sunning by the sea along with increasing numbers of other Australian wildlife with every even numbered group doing something that rhymes with the activity the odd number before it was doing.
The friends the reader will meet to help them count along with a wombat are, koalas, magpies, kangaroos, platypuses, possums, emus, echidnas. goannas, kookaburras, dingos, cockatoos, hopping mice and seals. Illustrations of these animals (with the exception of the wombat) are very realistic looking as well. If more of an actual story you were after other great Australian wildlife fiction picture book classics that kids all over the world will love are out there. The best are Possum Magic and Hunwick's Egg by Mem Fox. Sebastian Lives in a Hat by Thelma Catterwell, Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan, the entire Steve Parish story book collection by Rebecca Johnson such as The Cranky Crocodile are also great reads. Olga the Brolga and Edward the Emu although not the best stories have some greatest drawn colourful illustrations of Australian wildlife you will ever see.
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