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.

Diary of the wombat