Washoe County Library System

"A biologist takes us into the still mysterious world of koalas, from their marsupial ancestors to current threats to their existence. Koalas are one of the most beloved animals, but despite their celebrity, we are just learning much about their nature and history. Blending evolutionary biology, natural history, and ecology, biologist Danielle Clode tells us the story of these amazing marsupials. She looks at fossils of ancestral giant koalas three...

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

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.

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.

Adam does not like his stuffed koala because of its terrible eyes, terrible face, and terrible paws, but each time he tries to get rid of it, Koala comes back until Adam realizes that Koala is on his side.

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.