Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Silver Burdett Pr (1986), Edition: First Thus Used, 32 pages
Description
A dingo intent on making wombat stew receives cooking suggestions from the other animals, unaware that they are protecting their fellow creature.
User reviews
LibraryThing member aleader
This is a story about a group of animals that pretend to work together to help a Dingo make a Wombat stew. The animals bring items to add to the stew and convince the Dingo to leave the Wombat for last. But the animals have made the stew taste terrible! So the Dingo never adds the Wombat. He thinks
Show More
he has been poisoned. I like the way the animals use a cooperative strategy to save the Wombat. Show Less
LibraryThing member ezwicky
An inverted trickster tale, in which all the other animals trick dingo. There's a catchy little song, although we always sing it to a tune I made up because I'd already sung it 10 times by the time we got to the end of the book and I discovered a tune was provided. This is a good repetitive book
Show More
and the only unusual Australian terminology is names of animals and plants that are pictured on the same page. Show Less
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1986
Physical description
32 p.; 7.75 x 0.25 inches
ISBN
0382092112 / 9780382092114