Sweet book about hospitality under the guise of the Australian bushfires. I love books with lesser known animals (Kookburras, wombats, platypus, etc) because it gets kids talking. But I also LOVE that this book instills that what you put into the world you will often get back. (Treat others the way you want to be treated)

It's long though. Too long for me to do in a storytime. Which stinks. Because the character building skills are so important. ( )

Sweet ( )

When wildfire threatens Australian animals, one by one they knock on Wombat's door, and Wombat welcomes them to his safe burrow underground: wallaby, kookaburra, platypus, sugar glider, and koala (with eucalyptus branch). When the danger is past, Wombat tells his houseguests to go home, but Sugar Glider can't - presumably their home is gone. So Wombat says, "Come in." ( )