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This rhyming tale is a bit silly, but shows the ways that individuals might believe what is said and not always check it out. There's not must reason to doubt the information about the dropbear; after all, he lives in a creepy tree, and the pictures are all rather dark and ominous. There are so many stories about the interactions that other animals have with the dropbear. Luckily, the bird is brave enough to find out the real story.

At its heart, Dropbear carries an important lesson about not believing what one hears, but investigating situations and evaluating them critically. This lesson is probably a bit more easily understood in Australia, where the legends of "dropbears" are more prevalent, but this is also a good introduction to some Australian wildlife, and can be appreciated along with books about interesting Australia fauna like Bunting's Koala's Eat Gum Leaves, Morecroft and Bancroft's Malu Kangaroo, French and Watley's Diary of a Wombat, Milroy's Backyard Birds, and Wilkinson and Mutton's Clancy the Quoka.