WOMBATS
by Barbara Triggs
Like Stodart's book on the echidna (above), a delightful Australian import about a uniquely Australian animal. The wombat, nearest relative to the koala, is a kind of waddling teddy bear; a marsupial, it has a backward-facing pouch in which its bean- sized embryo grows—as shown here in an outstanding color-photo sequence. Like Stodart, Triggs covers special adaptations and endangered habitat and includes a wealth of excellent, appealing photos. Range maps. (Nonfiction. 8-12)