An introduction to wombats that describes the different types of wombats and provides information on their physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, diet, daily life, and threats to future survival.
Describes the physical characteristics of Tasmanian devils, animals found only on the Australian island of Tasmania, looks at how they live, their behavior, how they communicate, what they eat, their babies, and threats to their existence.
An introduction to emus that provides information on their physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, diet, daily life, young, and threats to survival.
Because Australia is an island that broke away from a larger land mass about 200 million years ago, animals on the secluded continent developed separately, and platypuses are a prime example. Readers learn that a platypus can stay underwater for one or two minutes at a time, has two coats of fur to help it keep warm, and lives on land in a burrow. Full-color photos include an image of two baby platypuses.
