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Tilda Kelly, Author
Series: Baby Animal Friends
Imprint: Orchard Books
Publication date: August 6, 2020
Category: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781408363348
A tragic bush fire sparks a beautiful friendship between a young girl and a baby koala.
Ruby is dreading changing schools as her autism makes it hard to befriend other kids. But when her dog finds a baby koala and her family agrees to foster it, Ruby quickly becomes the koala’s best friend.
Ruby loves quiet and routine, which makes her a perfect koala carer! A talented artist, she names the koala Pablo – after her favourite artist. Through looking after Pablo, Ruby befriends a neighbouring girl who loves painting as much as she does.
Soon Pablo is well enough to move to a koala kindergarten. But is Ruby ready to move to her own new school?
Tilda Kelly is a writer who has travelled the world extensively, meeting many exotic creatures on her adventures – from koalas and kangaroos in Australia, to giraffes and gazelles in Africa and tapirs and tigers in Asia. At home, she has a dog and two cats (both adopted) to keep her company as she writes her animal stories.