Best Selling Books by Charles Fuge

Charles Fuge is the author of Adventures of Little Wombat, I Know a Rhino and Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball.

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Adventures of Little Wombat

Adventures of Little Wombat
In 2001, award-winning author and illustrator Charles Fuge introduced Little Wombat to the world: The wildly popular Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball sold more than 140,000 copies. Since then, the adorable and very childlike animal has starred in three more books and continued to charm both critics and kids. Now every one of Wombat's adventures are finally together in one volume, so you can enjoy them all. It's sure to be a big success!

 

Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
 
Little wombat spends a day doing his favorite things: walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. Or sticking out his pink tongue?and making funny faces! But when the day ends and the sun starts to fall?he goes back home to mama and curls into a ball. Good night!

?With a repertoire of comic expressions worthy of Nathan Lane...[t]his book is silly to the core, but it is also a pointed paean to the power of unscheduled play.”
 ?Publishers Weekly

?This book celebrates the world of a preschooler with verve and excitement...Wombat is buoyant and darling, charming and fun.”  ?School Library Journal

Found You, Little Wombat!

When the endearing little wombat gets lost during a game of hide-and-seek, he suddenly realizes he's very, very alone. But you can always depend on friends?and Mom?coming to the rescue. Cuddly animals and a comforting story add up to a winning combination.

Swim, Little Wombat, Swim!

Little Wombat fans will rejoice at the adorable creature's watery exploits, and at the introduction of an appealing new friend for his hero: a Platypus with a funny, fuzzy face who waddles as he walks and swims like a fish.

?The?illustrations are warm and reflective?They also depict the humor of the struggle as Wombat learns to swim. This story offers a good lesson about friendship [and] is?reassuring.”  ?School Library Journal

Where to, Little Wombat?

The grass is always greener on the other side: maybe that's why Little Wombat thinks his burrow's boring. So when Mama suggests he search for a better house, that's just what he does. But it's not long before Wombat learns that there is no place like home.
?The exuberant illustrations infuse the books' many expressive characters with vim and verve.”?School Library Journal

I Know a Rhino

I Know a Rhino
NOW IN BOARD

These are my friends
I know them, you see.
I know them quite well...
because they live with me!

Charles Fuge's delightful rhyming text and absolutely adorable images bring to life a little girl and her charming animals as they play all day. She spins round with her hippo, blows bubbles in the bath with giraffe, and picnics on brown bread and honey with her bear when it's sunny. And, did you ever meet a leopard in top hat and tail? He's simply the best, as anyone can see. It's the most delightful menagerie imaginable, and the sweetest story--with a little twist at the end.

Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball

Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
Follow Wombat through an exciting day of mischief and adventure!

Life is a lot of fun for Wombat as there are endless amusing things to do: shouting at the top of his voice for no reason, stepping in circles until he falls over, poking out his tongue and making funny faces, getting in a muddy mess.But can you guess what Wombat likes to do best of all? Curl up in a ball!

This endearing and enchanting tale features:

- Bold and colorful illustrations by renowned artist Charles Fuge
- A charming, original story by beloved author Vicki Churchill
- Simple text that is perfect for little readers
- And more!

The perfect bedtime story for little wombats everywhere!



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