{"id":486,"date":"2014-02-22T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T02:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=486"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:00:43","slug":"how-to-scratch-a-wombat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"How to Scratch a Wombat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-492\" alt=\"IMG_1412\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1412-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1412-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1412-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1412-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, we are completely infatuated with wombats.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=352\">Diary of a Wombat<\/a><\/em> was our gateway story; now we cannot get enough of those charming, stubborn marsupials.\u00a0 This nonfiction follow-up to <em>Diary <\/em>has lots of information (quite straightforward and unblushing information&#8211;if you are uncomfortable reading about bums and scat, this will not be the book for you), lists (e.g., &#8220;How to Find a Wombat in the Bush&#8221;), a glossary of Australian terms (e.g., &#8220;bush&#8221; means &#8220;a wilderness area&#8221;), quizzes (e.g., &#8220;Are You a Wombat?&#8221;), real-life stories (the author has actively lived among wombats for more than 30 years), and charming illustrations.\u00a0 In case it isn&#8217;t already clear, this book is very educational and very, very funny. <\/p>\n<p>Author:\u00a0 Jackie French<br \/>\nIllustrator:  Bruce Whatley<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=insofadog-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=061886864X&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=FFFFFF&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;npa=1&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, we are completely infatuated with wombats.\u00a0 Diary of a Wombat was our gateway story; now we cannot get enough of those charming, stubborn marsupials.\u00a0 This nonfiction follow-up to Diary has lots of information (quite straightforward and unblushing information&#8211;if you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=486\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,33],"tags":[119,154,153,213,212,152,26,361],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-books","category-non-fiction","tag-animals","tag-australia","tag-bruce-whatley","tag-diary-of-a-wombat","tag-how-to-scratch-a-wombat","tag-jackie-french","tag-out-of-print","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}