Wombat [Board book]

Now a board book! Fans of You Loves Ewe’s witty wordplay and Jon Klassen’s wry illustrations will love this playful story packed with wombats, twobats, threebats, and morebats.

This wombat-shaped book is strikingly silly, and with its funny words, it’s a perfect gift for babies and toddlers—and very fun to read aloud!

From wombat to squarebat to roundbat and longbat—no bat is left out in this silly and sweet marsupial love story. Quirky, playful text paired with simple, humorous illustrations makes for a hilarious repeat read that babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups can enjoy.  

A perfect baby gift to be read aloud again and again, Wombat will leave littlebats, middlebats, and whopperbats alike giggling and begging for . . . morebats!Fall in love with wombats.

Bunting’s digitally rendered, cut-paper cartoon art depicts an adorable, squat brown animal who peers out at readers on the first page. Each page contains a simple but playful illustration of one or more wombats, set against a solidly colored background, and a short, pun-based description beneath. A daring and darling wombat does a handstand on a ball (“Acrobat”), while two others talk on cellphones (“Chit.” “Chat”). Some wombats are just plain silly, like the one eating a doughnut (“Om-nom-nombat”) or the “Fallendownaholebat” (accompanied by an illustration of the creature on its back), but others introduce basic skills. There are wombats to count (“Wombat. Twobats. Threebats. Morebats”), shapes to name (“Squarebat. Roundbat. Longbat”), and primary colors to recognize (“Redbat. Yellowbat. Bluebat”). More advanced concepts include emolS(