DIARY OF A WOMBAT
Jackie French
Bruce Whatley
Angus & Robertson, 2002
32 pp., hbk $24.95
0207199957
Click the wombat for teaching notes!
She eats. She scratches. She sleeps. She’s a big hairy wombat with, a bit more attitude than you might think! This wombat is trying to train humans to be better pets and understand her, while writing it down in her diary.
The illustrations in this book are fantastic as well as realistic. When you read it then look at the pictures they match really well. I liked the illustrations in this book and if you ever read it you will agree with me.
This wombat is a very demanding character. When she does not get what she wants they know about it! She digs holes, loves a bit of a scratch to fix her itch, but most of all she loves grass, carrots and rolled oats.
I probably recommend this book to ages 6 to 11 that are interested in an animal and what it does in its extraordinary life. The language in this book is not too difficult for children of any age though.
It was a very funny book and I enjoyed reading it. Overall I would rate this book with 4 stars out of 5 ****
Aisha 10 years, Toowoomba, Qld
She was very demanding.
She was very lazy and very greedy.
Diary of a wombat is an interesting book.
We recommend this book to 5 – 14 year olds.
Kohbe, 7; Sueluva, 7; Sarah P, 7; Sarah V, 7; Katherine, 8
Sydney
Mothball was a very sleepy and lazy wombat and she was very funny because at the end she dug a hole under the house and went to sleep.
We recommend this book to 3 – 12 year olds.
Nicolette, 7; Shewit, 8; Claudia, 8; Zoe, 8. Sydney
It was and easy read.
We recommend 4-7years should read this book.
Natalie Y., 7; Georgia, 7; Christie, 7; Umme, 7. Sydney
We think the book is for 7 and up.
It was an easy read.
Emily, 7; Deanna, 8; Melanie, 7. Sydney
Michelle, Natalie H, Philippa, Phiona, Jenni and Renee. Ages 7 – 8, Sydney.
After the children from Sydney had seen their work online, their teacher, Sharyn W. talked to them about their responses .. this is what they said.
The YARA team thanks all of these students for their hard work and we will be sendingthem some more books to review shortly.
Me
“It was fun, fantastic and exciting”
Q: Why?
“Because I read mine and my dad said beautiful”
Q: How did you feel?
“I felt good”
Sa
“I logged on and made her come into the room”
“Mum and Dad were happy – they said good”
“They were very interested”
Sa
“They couldn’t believe it was on the Internet. They read all of ours and they were very happy, now they want to read the book”
“I’m going to tell my grandma and grandpa, they’ll be so happy.”
Cl
“Everyone was crowding around, even my cousins and grandparents. They said it was so excellent they really wanted to see the book, so we are going to the library to see it.”
Q: How did you feel?
“Really happy”
Re
“I felt very happy that I had gotten my review published on the Internet. At first I had my uncle over, he was very happy. He said excellent.”
Ge
“I showed both Mum and Dad, they said they were proud”
“Mum said it was great”
Zo
“My dad helped me. I told him what to do and I showed my mum and my brother. They’ve never had anything published before.”
