About This Book:
Up there! Gray hair! Grim stare! Beware . . . Dropbear!
A humorous and heartfelt picture book perfect for 2 to 5 year olds, this rhyming romp through the outback teaches preschoolers and their grown-ups that things aren’t always as they seem, and that all creatures deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Hold your breath and count to three as woodland creatures share spooky stories about Dropbear, the rumored meanie who lives way up in an old gum tree. But when one little birdie decides to investigate the truth, it turns out that maybe Dropbear just wants . . . something special.
Perfect for repeat read-alouds, this playful rhyming story will have readers dropping in for more Dropbear.
*Review Contributed By Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
Be Careful After Your Snipe Hunt
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.
