Author: Jackie French
Illustrator: Bruce Whatley
Publisher: Clarion Books, 2002
Genre: Science fiction, picture book
Age Range: K-2
Summary: Diary of a Wombat is about a wombat that lives in Australia that eats and sleeps for a living. The creature looks like a bear, but it much smaller. The wombat sleeps during the day, but eats, scratches, digs holes, and asks for carrots at night. The wombat lives around a family, but he doesn't really come in contact with them till the end. The wombat begs for carrots everyday by banging on the metal trashcan, chewing its way to the house, or eating them out of the garden. He eventually gets tired of the carrots and receives oats instead. After several more days of carrots, the wombat sees how warming and nice the family it so he digs his hole under the house to be closer to the family and sleeps there.
Response: The book wasn't one of my favorites, but it was good for reading to younger children in classrooms. Teachers could use the moral of the story and talk about the importance of family and friends. The book made me feel speechless. I didn't really have an emotions or feelings after reading the book. It's one of those books that wouldn't effect you if you ever read it again or not. Teachers could integrate this book into their lesson when talking about animals or their daily schedules. The book presents the wombat's daily schedule by morning, afternoon, evening, and night.
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