Books by Vicki Churchill

Adventures of Little Wombat

In 2001, award-winning author and illustrator Charles Fuge introduced Little Wombat to the world: The wildly popular Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball sold more than 140,000 copies. Since then, the adorable and very childlike animal has starred in three more books and continued to charm both critics and kids. Now every one of Wombats adventures are finally together in one volume, so you can enjoy them all. Its sure to be a big success!
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
Little wombat spends a day doing his favorite things: walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. Or sticking out his pink tongue?and making funny faces! But when the day ends and the sun starts to fall?he goes back home to mama and curls into a ball. Good night!
?With a repertoire of comic expressions worthy of Nathan Lane...[t]his book is silly to the core, but it is also a pointed paean to the power of unscheduled play.
?Publishers Weekly
?This book celebrates the world of a preschooler with verve and excitement...Wombat is buoyant and darling, charming and fun. ?School Library Journal
Found You, Little Wombat!
When the endearing little wombat gets lost during a game of hide-and-seek, he suddenly realizes hes very, very alone. But you can always depend on friends?and Mom?coming to the rescue. Cuddly animals and a comforting story add up to a winning combination.
Swim, Little Wombat, Swim!
Little Wombat fans will rejoice at the adorable creatures watery exploits, and at the introduction of an appealing new friend for his hero: a Platypus with a funny, fuzzy face who waddles as he walks and swims like a fish.
?The?illustrations are warm and reflective?They also depict the humor of the struggle as Wombat learns to swim. This story offers a good lesson about friendship [and] is?reassuring. ?School Library Journal
Where to, Little Wombat?
The grass is always greener on the other side: maybe thats why Little Wombat thinks his burrows boring. So when Mama suggests he search for a better house, thats just what he does. But its not long before Wombat learns that there is no place like home.
?The exuberant illustrations infuse the books many expressive characters with vim and verve.?School Library Journal

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Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball

by Charles Fuge, Vicki Churchill

Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball
So no one can see me
because I'm so small.
A new format for the hugely praised bestseller.
Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things-what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Lets look and see. Soft-toned illustrations portray an endearing little wombat and the warm and friendly world around him. Every page is filled with charming details that stand up to repeated viewings: cute mice, rabbits, and turtles peering from behind tall grass, marching pigeons, and a menagerie of other adorable animals. The images, along with the lyrically rhyming text, combine to make a sweet-spirited bedtime story to ease young ones to sleep.

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