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Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball
So no one can see me
because I'm so small.
Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things--what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Let's look and see! He especially enjoys walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. Or sticking out his pink tongue--and pulling funny faces (now that can be fun)! And m...more
So no one can see me
because I'm so small.
Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things--what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Let's look and see! He especially enjoys walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. Or sticking out his pink tongue--and pulling funny faces (now that can be fun)! And m...more
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published
June 30th 2001
by Sterling
(first published January 1st 2001)
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Illustrator: Charles Fuge
Ages: 3-5
Plot: Little Wombat tells us about his favorite activities; from curling up in a ball to standing tall. These activities keep him busy all day until he goes home at bedtime and curls up in a ball.
Assessment: This is a delightful story that can be as a book to encourage activity, or near bed. Children can mimic Little Wombat's actions like jumping up high, standing "still as a tree," or making funny faces. There is a light rhyme scheme that makes the story almost...more
Ages: 3-5
Plot: Little Wombat tells us about his favorite activities; from curling up in a ball to standing tall. These activities keep him busy all day until he goes home at bedtime and curls up in a ball.
Assessment: This is a delightful story that can be as a book to encourage activity, or near bed. Children can mimic Little Wombat's actions like jumping up high, standing "still as a tree," or making funny faces. There is a light rhyme scheme that makes the story almost...more
Author: Vicki Churchill
Illustrator: Charles Fuge
Genre: Narrative Picture Book
Publication Info:Sterling Publishing Company: 2001
Reading Level: Early Early
Topic/Theme: Personality/Individuality
Issues Addressed: What do you like to do; what helps you sleep
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Shared reading.
Summary: Wombat explains what he likes to do for fun. "Sometimes I like to scream ever so loud, not that I'm cross, I just like how it sounds." He reveals all of the things that he enjoys. Most of all,...more
Illustrator: Charles Fuge
Genre: Narrative Picture Book
Publication Info:Sterling Publishing Company: 2001
Reading Level: Early Early
Topic/Theme: Personality/Individuality
Issues Addressed: What do you like to do; what helps you sleep
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Shared reading.
Summary: Wombat explains what he likes to do for fun. "Sometimes I like to scream ever so loud, not that I'm cross, I just like how it sounds." He reveals all of the things that he enjoys. Most of all,...more
Author: Vicki Churchill
Illustrator: Charles Fuge
Genre: fiction picture book
Publication Info: Sterling Publishing (2003)
Reading Level: ages 3-6; early
Topic/Theme: wombat lifestyle
Issues Addressed: activities of a wombat
Classroom Uses: independent reading, read aloud, shared reading
Summary: Little Wombat spends a day doing his favorite things and he describes them all for readers. He enjoys walking around and around doing the pigeon step until he falls down, curling up in a ball and rolling aroun...more
Illustrator: Charles Fuge
Genre: fiction picture book
Publication Info: Sterling Publishing (2003)
Reading Level: ages 3-6; early
Topic/Theme: wombat lifestyle
Issues Addressed: activities of a wombat
Classroom Uses: independent reading, read aloud, shared reading
Summary: Little Wombat spends a day doing his favorite things and he describes them all for readers. He enjoys walking around and around doing the pigeon step until he falls down, curling up in a ball and rolling aroun...more
The picture on the front cover was enough to get this book off the library shelf and into my bag! Once we got it home and sat down to read I realized just how adorable this book is. Quite honestly I'm not sure what kind of animal this little guy is, but through out the book it tells about what he likes to do. Sometimes he likes to stand tall like a tree, sometimes he likes to make funny face. And so on goes the story. The storyline makes for some great interaction with kids and a great opportuni...more
This book is about a little wombat who describes all the different activities he likes to do. The book is visually appealing because it is very colourful and has rhyming words which will help the children decode regular words.
This book would be suitable for children in nursery and reception who are beginning to learn about phonics. I read the book to the children at the end of the day but it can be used for guided reading. The children enjoyed the images and were concentrating on what the little...more
This book would be suitable for children in nursery and reception who are beginning to learn about phonics. I read the book to the children at the end of the day but it can be used for guided reading. The children enjoyed the images and were concentrating on what the little...more
An adorable wombat (which I never really thought a wombat was cute) who describes what he sometimes likes to do, which seems to include many things my two years like to do!
"Sometimes I like to scream ever so loud,
Not that I'm cross, I just like how it sounds."
A little rhythm and rhyme add more fun to the read! A great book to act out and use for a writing mentor.
"Sometimes I like to scream ever so loud,
Not that I'm cross, I just like how it sounds."
A little rhythm and rhyme add more fun to the read! A great book to act out and use for a writing mentor.
PB 5: This book was absolutely adorable. It stares a little curious Wombat that loves to explore and figure things out. This definitely would attract to kids because little kids are ever so curious. I loved this book because it’d be a great read aloud in class because there’s a lot of different tones used that could grab kid’s attention.
I found this little gem at a parking lot sale. As a baby, my son-in-law liked to pretend he was a rock (according to his mother). Somehow I don't think he had enough friends to play with. The little critter on the cover reminded my of him.
Bright pictures and a simple, silly story.
Bright pictures and a simple, silly story.
Little wombat loves to run and play and have lots of fun, but at the end of the day, what's he like most? Illustrations with fabulous facial expressions and movement of the little Australian animals and insects make this a very special book to share with young children.
I got this because I thought the title sounded hilarious. Instead of someone on the verge of a nervous breakdown, I got an adorable wombat who moves any way that pleases him. Neat verse that lends itself to being recited or acted out, rather than plainly read.
This was our middle daughter's favourite book and chosen bed-time story for so long that I can still recite its sweet rhymes by heart. The illustrations are what originally drew us to the book and they continue to be some of the cutest I have seen.
One of my all-time favourite kids books.
Sometimes I like to run ever so fast, I sometimes come first but I sometimes come last!
The illustrations are beautiful and endearing and the rhymes are a little reminiscent of Seuss himself.
LOVE IT!!!
Sometimes I like to run ever so fast, I sometimes come first but I sometimes come last!
The illustrations are beautiful and endearing and the rhymes are a little reminiscent of Seuss himself.
LOVE IT!!!
Sweet story of a wombat with cute illustrations. It was fun to read out to a 2-year-old and he really loved pointing at the pictures of all the other animals in the pictures too. Lovely ending, nice cadence to the story.
This book works with themes of movement. It has lots of opportunity for audience engagement through movement and noises. I can imagine this being really fun to read with a group of kids!
The pictures are insanely cute. And it's a very nice bedtime story. Would probably work best as a one on one type of book, rather than with large groups.
A fun action story for the young ones. I demonstrated the different actions - it helps to keep the children involved in the book.
adorable, really great illustrations. With everyone having babies these days, it's good to keep up with the new kids books :)
'Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball'...This lil' Wombat hasn't any idea of the wonders of Yoga he will show us today!
Very cute--I think adults will relate to the descriptions of babies/toddlers. Wish this came in a PB format, not just Board Book.
The wombat is an underappreciated animal, and never gets to be the star of a book. Until now. Very cute and clever!
Very sweet and charming. Not many books about wombats. We found this book through my son's preschool and loved it.
A wonderful bedtime story for kids of all ages. The pictures, as usual for this series, are amazing.
I got this books for my son over the weekend. He likes the pictures and the story is cute.
Super cute. The drawings are almost too cute. A good choice for baby storytime.
One of our kids favorites. I really enjoy the illustrations that Charles Fuge does.
Very cute wombat story and drawings. Lots of actions to imitate and a bedtime story.
This is a sweet story with a nice flow. My daughter likes it too ;)
Super cute! Prolly would work for both baby and preK storytimes.
Good read aloud for young kids. Fun pictures.
So cute. I laugh all the way through it.
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