When Koala Lou's mother becomes so busy that she forgets to tell her firstborn how much she loves her, Koala Lou enters the Bush Olympics, intending to win an event and her mother's love all at one time. "A first-rate choice for bedtime, story hour, or reading aloud."--The Horn Book

Introduces this unique animal, its evolution, physical characteristics, distribution, life cycle and socialization, as well as how people have interacted with the koala since its discovery, the severe threats from human influence that it still faces and what people are doing to save it and its habitat.

Where does Koala belong? Find out, in this sweet story of friendship and family- with fun facts about marsupials thrown in. As Koala tries to find her place, alert readers will recognize clues about where Koala belongs. Using humor and fun illustrations, this engaging story will reel kids in and leave them with a satisfying ending.

The story of a koala group spanning one year and which provides details of a koala's life and habits.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When Tree Kangaroo and Koala dig a well to get some water, Tree Kangaroo ends up doing all of the work and Koala ends up with a stumpy tail in this origin story from Australia.

Cuddly-looking koalas are very appealing, but today koalas are an endangered species. Once hunted for their fur and now deprived of their food supply as forests are cut down for development, koalas are being raised in special parks where they can live in safety. Researched and photographed on location in Australia, Koala includes forty adorable, full-color photographs of these captivating marsupials playing, feeding, resting, and climbing, in captivity and in the wild.

An inspiring story that shows we all have a lion inside of us! "That day they BOTH learnedThat, no matter your size,We all have a mouseAND a lion inside."A mouse feels small and insecure and determines that what he needs to do is learn how to roar like a lion. He knows he has to act brave when he approaches a lion to learn how. In a hilarious turn of events, the lion is afraid of mice! The mouse comforts the lion, they become friends, and we learn that there's a lion and a mouse inside all of us.The inspiring text by Rachel Bright and the fun, bold illustrations by Jim Field teach young readers an important lesson. Regardless of how big or mighty we are, we can all live our dreams and do what we want to do. Fans of Aesop's "The Lion and the Mouse" will enjoy The Lion Inside!