Joey: A Baby Koala and His Mother


Book Description

It's an exciting morning for Joey the baby koala in this beautifully photographed book from award-winning author Nic Bishop. High above the ground, in the shade of a eucalyptus tree, Joey the baby koala wakes up hungry! Crawling over his sleeping mom, Joey goes exploring... only to find that his mother's arms is where he's supposed to be after all.In this book featuring simple text and stunning photographs of a rare interaction between a koala and her little one, award-winning author-photographer Nic Bishop brings nature to life for the youngest children. Perfect for laptime reading, this visual treat in the style of Bishop's acclaimed Red-Eyed Tree Frog includes fun facts about koalas and their habitat.




Jimmy the Joey


Book Description

Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a baby koala.




A Day with Mommy and Baby Koala


Book Description

Spend a delightful day with mommy and baby koala as they experience all of the fun things that koalas do together. A great little book a that shows how every day is safe and fun when you do what comes naturally, especially when you do it with someone who loves you! A Day With Mommy & Baby Koala is an early picture book that follows the activities of a mother koala and her joey over the course of one day. The story focuses on simple activities like waking up, eating, climbing, napping, and finally sleeping. Told in rhyming prose, A Day With Mommy & Baby Koala is perfect for bedtime and offers mother and child a way to reflect back on the day's activities together before encouraging a safe, peaceful sleep through the final rhyme. A Day With Mommy & Baby Koala highlights the special relationship between mother and child touching on themes of safety, protection, nurturing and learning.




A Koala Joey Grows Up


Book Description

Describes the development of Mel, a koala living in a nature park, from birth to age eleven months.




Meet a Baby Koala


Book Description

They're cute, they're furry, they live in a pouch—they're baby koalas! Did you know that a baby koala cannot see or hear when it is born? Or that a newborn joey is about the size of a jelly bean? Uncover more fascinating facts about baby koalas, from what their habitat is like and what they eat to what their scientific name is in this bright, colorful book.




Koala


Book Description

Simple text and photographs explore the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of koalas.




Koalas and Joeys


Book Description

Koalas are furry animals that spend lots of time in trees. These cute creatures have one joey at a time, which means mother and baby spend lots of time together while the joey grows. This exciting book takes a look at the lives of mother koalas and their tiny joeys, from their first moments alive and every step along the way as they grow in the pouch of their caring mothers. Accessible text paired with colorful photographs takes beginning readers on a journey to see where these amazing animals live in the wild.




Koala Joeys


Book Description

Explores the life of a koala as a joey, discussing what baby koalas like to eat, how long they rely on their mothers, and at what ages they start learning new things.




A Koala's World


Book Description

Describes the journey of a baby koala from birth to adulthood, showing the things its mother must teach it to do to survive on its own.




A Koala Joey Grows Up


Book Description

Mel is a koala joey. She is growing up in a park in Australia. She likes to ride on her mother’s belly. In less than a year, she grows from a tiny pink baby living in her mother’s pouch into a full-grown, eucalyptus-leaf-eating koala.