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Jim Robins Jim Robins i(A51527 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon The Platypus Who Couldn't Swim Robert Cox , Jim Robins (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : Redback Publishing , 2021 21006199 2021 single work picture book children's

'The Platypus is one of the most extraordinary animals in the world. With its duck bill, webbed feet, and tail like a beaver, it is perfectly built for swimming!

'But poor Penny Platypus has never been able to swim, and what makes it worse is she just doesn't know why. All she knows is that she's terrified of the water and is cruelly teased by one bully in particular.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon The Koala Who Couldn't Sleep Robert Cox , Jim Robins (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : Redback Publishing , 2020 18578085 2020 single work picture book children's

'Everyone knows that what koalas do best is sleep, but young Clive can’t help feeling different.

'He hardly ever wants to sleep! He’s itchy and twitchy, and sleeping on branches is a dangerous game when you just can’t stop moving! Maybe he was mixed up at birth and is really a monkey! Maybe he’s an elephant? Or something much, much bigger ...

'One day, somewhere between sleep and wild imagination, Clive wonders what adventures he might have if only he were a different kind of animal . . . and soon discovers that being himself is not so bad after all!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon The Kookaburra Who Couldn't Laugh Robert Cox , Jim Robins (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : Redback Publishing , 2019 18578134 2019 single work picture book children's

'A brand new Australian picture book about a little kookaburra who couldn't do what kookaburra's are supposed to do - laugh! Fitting in is often difficult for children, just as it is for Bridget. She overcomes this by laughing at herself, even though she gets a bump on the head in the process.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Kangaroo Who Couldn't Stop Robert Cox , Jim Robins (illustrator), South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1135802 2004 single work picture book children's

'Mrs Grey is very worried. Ever since Big Red, the leader of all the kangaroos in the world, helped Keith to find his hop - he just can’t STOP hopping! Big Red again tries several ingenious ways to help but, in the end, sends Keith back to the hop-spital to see Dr Leapyear, the hop-tician. This time the doctor decides to try hop-nosis. But will it work? Will Keith EVER be able to stop hopping? '

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 4 y separately published work icon The Kangaroo Who Couldn't Hop Robert Cox , Jim Robins (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 Z796102 2001 single work picture book children's

Big Red has never met a hopless Kangaroo in all his born days. He tries several ingenious ways to make Keith hop.

(Source: Amazon synopsis)
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