"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...

Koalas are marsupials and live in eastern Australia and nearby islands.

"Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Koalas, emergent readers learn how koalas live and survive in the trees. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Koalas includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, and review questions. Koalas is...

"A beautifully illustrated guide to koalas for kids written by expert Chris Daniels"--

A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.

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

Warren, a feisty little koala, is frustrated and annoyed because since the days of Captain Cook, people have called koalas bears, and he really wants everyone to know that koalas are NOT BEARS--unfortunately even Kangaroo and Platypus are not impressed by his argument.

Maud gets nervous while sitting in the doctor's office, but when she pretends she is one of the fish in the waiting room, her checkup--and shot--are over in no time. Includes note to caregivers.

Maud the koala has happily invited all fifty-six of her friends to her birthday party, but when the crowd arrives she feels overwhelmed and needs to be alone. Includes note to caregivers.