Little Wombat's Easter Surprise
A Little Wombat story about sharing, new friends, and of course, Easter eggs.
Little Wombat is busy collecting eggs on his Easter hunt when he sees Rabbit hop by wearing a special Easter Bunny costume. It’s such a good costume that the tail and nose won’t come even off – but wait, is that really Rabbit? Or is it his new friend, Bilby?
Perfect for an Australian Easter storytime, this book is about new friends, new experiences and new ways to celebrate Easter
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Creators
Charles Fuge (Charlie to his friends) was brought up in Bath where a fanatical interest in wildlife translated into the drawing of animals. He won the Macmillan Prize in 1988 for Bush Vark’s First Day Out, which won the Mother Goose Award the following year. And a career in children’s book illustration began. He has since illustrated a raft of picture books including Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball which was runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2001. Since then Charles has illustrated many books, a number of which he has also written. His Little Wombat series has garnered international recognition for its warm and humorous depiction of an iconic marsupial.
Reviews
Joyous and gentle, with friendship and happiness oozing from the colourful images that populate the book and create a bright and happy world for readers.
The book gives a wonderful introduction to the meaning of Easter for many people, and the lovely watercolour illustrations will ensure young readers look closely at the detail given and learn more about what makes these animals unique.
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The illustrations are bright and happy, the colours just the right tones to capture the warm autumnal feeling of Easter morning when you were a child in Australia. The perfect weather and time before things get wet for winter.
Oz Book Snail
If you’d like to give a book, I can recommended Little Wombat’s Easter Surprise written and illustrated by Charles Fuge. Its delightful.
The Australian
As well as being a very attractive book with bright colours and very engaging animals, youngsters will enjoy learning about the differences between Bilby, Rabbit and Little Wombat. They could find out about the Bilby being a symbol for Easter in Australia and may even find they are given a chocolate Easter Bilby instead of an Easter Rabbit. The value of friendship and sharing is also emphasised but not in a didactic way, as Bilby, who has a very large basket of eggs, puts some into her friends’ burrows as a surprise. An engaging story, Little Wombat’s Easter Surprise is sure to become a favourite Easter story for families and in the classroom.
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