Discover all about these unusual marsupials who rarely leave their homes in the eucalyptus trees. Follow a baby koala as it takes the first steps on its journey through life in the eucalyptus woodlands of Australia. Join the young koala as it peeps out of its mother's pouch to get its first glimpse of the world. Meet some of the other animals that share the koala's woodland habitat and find out about the threats facing koalas and what is being done to protect them.

 

This is volume 28 in Natural World .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Michael Leach is a natural history author, photographer and television cameraman specialising in mammals, both common and rare. He has written over 24 wildlife books and has filmed natural history programmes for a number of television companies, including the BBC. In the past few years he has studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda, orangutans in Borneo and otters in Britain.