Poor old wombat! He thinks its much easier to stay in his burrow than to go out into the big world. But when he does finally come out for a look around, he finds other interesting creatures and things to doand even friends.

Whitley Award winner for Best Popular Zoology Book. With his usual brilliance James Woodford explores the wombat's bizarre evolutionary history and perilous future. This is popular science writing at its best: an irresistible subject in the hands of an irrepressible author.