The Best Children’s Picture Books To Read with a Wombat Plushie

Wombat toys are not just cute and cuddly animals for children to play with, but can engage and entertain kids too. Role playing wombat stuffed toys to tell stories can help to make children’s books like ‘Wombat Stew’, ‘Wombat Big, Puggle Small’ or ‘The Wild Wombat’ come to life.

Sharing a story with your child’s soft and cuddly wombat plush toy can help child development and improve your child’s reading, communication and vocabulary skills. A much loved wombat toy could be the perfect learning companion for children to practice their reading and storytelling skills. And if your child has an interest in wombats or Australian animals, then children’s books that feature a wombat theme are the perfect book to entertain them.

We’ve compiled a selection of some our favorite story books for children featuring the cute and cuddly wombat. Children can experience story time together with their favourite wombat toy and take them along on their imaginative adventures as they turn the pages of these wombat theme children’s books.

Diary of a Wombat

Written by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley

Wombats are cuddly-looking, slow-moving Australian animals. Their favorite activities are eating, sleeping, and digging holes. Here, in the words of one unusually articulate wombat, is the tongue-in-cheek account of a busy week; eating, sleeping, digging holes . . . and training its new neighbors, a family of humans, to produce treats on demand. This entertaining book, with its brief, humorous text and hilarious illustrations, will endear the wombat to young children, who may recognize in the determined furry creature some qualities that they share.

Wombat Big, Puggle Small

Written by Renée Treml

Join in the mischief as a little wombat and an echidna puggle play with opposites and word pairs. This beautiful new board book by Renée Treml features her trademark gentle, playful rhymes, and stunning illustrations of Australian animals.

Wombat

Written by Christopher Cheng and illustrated by Liz Duthie

Wombats may look soft and cuddly, but they are determined and tough, with sharp teeth that never stop growing, limbs that they use to shovel dirt like bulldozers, and bony bottoms they use to defend their burrows. They can live for years without drinking water, getting all of their moisture from the plants they eat—and they deposit their cube-shaped poop on rocks or stumps as a warning to other wombats. Follow one of these powerful marsupials through a suspenseful day in Christopher Cheng’s engaging narration, paired with endearing illustrations by Liz Duthie and interspersed with intriguing facts. An endnote provides additional information about wombats for readers curious to learn more.

Wombat

Written and illustrated by Philip Bunting

A rhythmic, read-aloud (and rather silly) burrow into the unseen world of the wombat.

One Very Tired Wombat

Written by Renée Treml

How hard can it be to find a bit of peace and quiet? Wombat is tired and just wants to rest. But it’s hard to sleep during the day when a bunch of noisy birds want to sing and play. The magpies keep whistling, the fairy wrens are flitting about, and don’t even talk about the kookaburras. Poor tired wombat. Will he ever get to sleep?

Wombat Stew

Written by Marcia K. Vaughan and illustrated by Pamela Lofts

One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat… and decided to make… Wombat stew, Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew!

In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his stew, and the result is something the dingo will never forget!

Wombat Divine

Written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Kerry Argent

Wombat loves everything about Christmas–especially the Nativity play. He’s wanted to be in it for as long as he can remember. At last he’s old enough to try out. But at the auditions, the first part goes to someone else. So does the next. And the next . . . Will there be a part left for Wombat?

Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball

Written by Vicki Churchill and Charles Fuge

Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball So no one can see me because I’m so small.

Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things-what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Let’s 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.

Wilson the Wombat and the Nighttime What-If Worries

Written by Amy S Orlovich and illustrated by James Koenig

Wilson the wombat finds himself with a bedtime tummy ache of worry. Does your child struggle with worry too? In this helpful book, written by a professional counselor, you will read the story of adorable Wilson the Wombat and his family, meet some of their unique Australian animal friends, and watch as he reminds his body and mind to relax so he can sleep.

You will also learn some incredible facts about the wombat (did you know they poop cubes?), and you will be taught how to help the kids in your life ignite the skills of self-regulation. You will be able to help cultivate those feelings of safety for your kids, from the knowledge and proven training of a licensed therapist.

The Wild Wombat

Written by Udo Weigelt

The zoo is getting a wild wombat all the way from Australia. In no time the most outrageous rumors are spreading about this unknown creature. More and more terrifying characteristics are attributed to him, so that it’s no wonder  all the animals hide on his arrival at the zoo. A memorable tale that teaches kids not to believe every bit of gossip they’re told, Weigelt’s The Wild Wombat is a witty, enigmatic story. The strong, colorful illustrations build the anticipation wonderfully and allow the fantasy to grow to monster-like dimensions!