Washoe County Library System

An introduction to koalas covers where they live, what they eat, and how they communicate, and follows the animal's development from cub to adult.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of koalas.

Describes and illustrates various activities of koalas and their joeys.

A baby koala wakes up hungry in the shade of a eucalyptus tree and crawls over his sleeping mother on a day of new discoveries and encounters.

Take a tour of a hospital dedicated to caring for sick and injured koalas.

Princess Summer can't believe that she's been invited to join the Rescue Princesses. Even better, the other girls are all visiting her for a vacation.

Kevin is a koala who clings to his tree, and never comes down to play with the other animals--until one day his tree falls down, and Kevin learns that the ground is not as scary as he believed.

A koala mother faces two challenges: protecting herself and her joey from the raging bushfire, and finding food after their home range is destroyed. Her journey brings her closer to the world of humans than she has ever been before--but it's a risk she must take. Based on the real-life story of a koala nicknamed Cinders that survived two bushfires.

Spend a day with the funny and adorable koala! Young readers will learn all about the basic behavior and habitats of these amazing animals. Through text features such as a vocabulary tree and a wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to new words and concepts helping them expand their understanding of the world.