This colourfully illustrated anthology contains six short stories with Australian animals as the main characters. Those stories are Harry the Hairy-Nosed Wombat, Rufus the Red Kangaroo, Bobuck the Mountain Possum, Kolo the Bush Koala, Percy the Peaceful Platypus and Rusty the Nimble Numbat. Parts of each story provide information on each of the animals such as diet, habitat etc, as well as broader issues such as conservation and extinction.