The Little Brown Bushrat

by Georgina Ripper

All the animals in the bush have an exciting talent - the kangaroo can jump the highest, the emu can run the fastest and the duck-billed platypus is the best swimmer. But the little brown bushrat thinks he can't do anything . . . until he is given a chance to save the day.

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 18, 2003

Reviews

[Katja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute picture book. Australian wildlife is something that is very underrepresented in Western children's books, I've been to Australia as a teenager and fell in love with the wilderness of this vast continent.

The book is actually very heart-breaking with the current bushfires destroying so much fauna and flora. At least in this book the bushrat is there to save the day.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fairly ordinary story, featuring a little bushrat who isn't good at anything at all, until the day he proves he's extraordinary by saving his bush friends from fire and can rest easy that he's okay. Not a particularly useful message for the average bushrat in my view. The only reason I'd re-read is because it's unusual to see a Wompoo Fruit Dove rate a mention in a children's book and I like references to uncommon species of birds.