If you are looking for a sure-fire hit book for a gift, then this is certainly a canny option as the story is different enough from the rest in the series to inspire some good laughs, as well as being subtly subversive in terms of Grandma's functional blindness toward her grandson in a way which parents and grandparents will recognise and appreciate. I love the way that the creators of this series continue to reinvent the story, with new wombats, new settings and unexpected adventures. Enormous props must be given to Bruce Whatley for the subtle yet hilarious facial expressions on everyone from the dog to the baby kangaroo to the humans in this surprising adventure. That all changed with Grandma Wombat, with both shelf-dwellers and mini-fleshlings laughing heartily at the antics of one cheeky baby wombat. Now it is no surprise that the shelf loves this series dearly, but we had noticed that the mini-fleshlings in the dwelling weren't taking to some of the books in the series as well as we shelf-dwellers did. It's a wombat adventure featuring rude 'roos, unexpected vehicular transportation and more than a little bias on the part of one very proud (but sleepy-eyed) grandmother. I received a print copy of this title from the publisher for review.īaby wombat returns in a surprising adventure, while Grandma wombat laments the breakdown of behaviour management in modern parenting.
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