Diary of a Wombat (by Jackie French)

Told as a week of entries in a wombat's diary, the early part of the week features entries such as this:
"Monday
Morning: Slept.
Afternoon: Slept.
Evening: Ate grass.
Scratched.
Night: Ate grass. Slept"

Then new neighbors (human) move in and disturb the wombat's routine, but their arrival affords her many new opportunities as well. She "helps" the new people, for example, by defeating the flat hairy doormat, and removing all of the wet, flappy things hanging on the clothesline. For each act of kindness, she demands a reward: at first just carrots, then oats, and eventually carrots and oats. The people are accommodating and the wombat concludes at the end of the week that, "humans are easily trained and make quite good pets."

Author: Jackie French
Illustrator: Bruce Whatley
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication date: November 24, 2003
Number of pages: 32
Hardcover price: $14.00