Wombat Goes Walkabout Author:Michael Morpurgo Pencil sketches and naturalistic color art transport readers to the Australian outback in this affecting tale of a wombat who has lost his mother. As he searches for her, he encounters a variety of other creatures, from a kookaburra to a boy. Each asks, "What can you do, Wombat?" His neighbors dismiss his answer ("Not much. I dig a lot and I thi... more »nk a lot") and show off their own skills. But it's Wombat who saves the day when a forest fire threatens he digs a hole large enough to shelter them all. In return, his new friends help him find his mother.« less