Before long, the always-hungry creature is at their door begging for food (preferably carrots or oats), digging in their garden ("Began new hole in soft dirt") and turning his neighbors' belongings into scratching posts. "Monday Morning: Slept./Afternoon: Slept./ Evening: Ate grass./ Scratched./ Night: Ate grass." Things begin to perk up, however, when the wombat discovers its new human neighbors. After explaining his unique Australian heritage, the star of this volume paints a funny, if rather dull, picture of his daily routine. Unlike the first, which relies on the contrast of wombat and human points of view, when it comes to the same events, much of the humor here is supplied by the contrast between Mama Wombat's weary tolerance, and Baby Wombat's eager enthusiasm.What, exactly, do wombats do all day? One enterprising wombat answers that question and a few others in diary form in French's (No Such Thing) tongue-in-cheek picture book. The story of the original wombat's baby, who narrates her (his?) own tale in this second diary, it is a humorous blend of sleeping (lots of it), playing (with a surprising new friend - or two), and helping Mama find a new hole that's big enough for the both of them. The sequel to one of my ALL-Time favorite picture-books - Jackie French and Bruce Whatley's brilliantly hilarious Diary of a Wombat, which never fails to reduce me to helpless giggling as I gaze at its droll illustrations, and ponder its dead-pan narrative - is out, and I've FINALLY got my eager little mitts on a copy! Huzzah!Īlthough not the equal of its predecessor, in terms of sheer entertainment value, (although really, what could be?), Diary of a BABY Wombat is no coattail-riding sequel either. It is kind of cute, but I wanted to like it much better than I did. If I hadn’t just read the non-fiction book about wombats, this book might more favorably impress me. If another wombat book is published, I will read it the first one is fabulous so I can’t resist giving any further books a try. The first book is vastly superior and that’s the book I recommend. I smiled some but was not highly amused and was not emotionally touched. I guess it’s supposed to be adorable and amusing, but while some scenes manage to come close to this, overall I was left unmoved. Here, the baby wombat, and at times its mother, spends a great deal of time in close proximity with a human infant. In the first picture book, the wombat’s contact with humans was done perfectly. And, in the non-fiction book, it was stressed how wombats are wild animals. It is cute, but for me it lacked the magical quality of the original book. So, with this book, I was looking forward to another charming wombat picture book. I love the earlier book Diary of a Wombat and recently read French’s non-fiction book about wombats, which was just okay for me.
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