Tippy and Jellybean - The True Story of a Brave Koala who Saved her Baby from a Bushfire

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Author: Sophie Cunningham
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Released: 16 June, 2020
ISBN: 9781760878474

Tippy and Jellybean – The True Story of a Brave Koala who Saved her Baby from a Bushfire

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Synopsis

Tippy and her baby Jellybean live in a beautiful eucalyptus forest. One day, they wake up and sniff the air. It's smoky, hot and windy.Kangaroos and wallabies are bounding. Wombats are heading to their burrows. The cockatoos take off in an enormous flock.Tippy can't hop. Or run. Or fly. So she shelters her baby in the only way she can…This is the uplifting true story of a koala who saved her baby from a bushfire, and the dedicated vets who looked after them until they were healed and ready to go home.

About the author

Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham is the author of two novels, Geography (2004) and Bird (2008) and the non-fiction Melbourne (2011). She is a former editor of Meanjin and was until recently the chair of the Australia Council’s Literature Board.