Around The World With Koa Koala

I received this book for my eighth birthday and without a doubt it was one of the best presents I ever received. The illustrations so colorful and inviting made me want to be in that balloon with Koa Koala and learn about different cultures. I wanted to eat the foods, see the money, the stamps..I wanted the entire experience. I learned Geography and an appreciation for things outside of the United States. I'm taking my first trip to Europe this week and I truly believe had I not gotten this book as a kid I would have probably been a content child but I believe this book set a fire within me to want to see the world.

I was 6 years old when I received this book, and to this day I credit Koa and friends for instilling in me a great curiosity and appreciation for international travel, foreign languages, and cultures beyond my own. The illustrations are brilliantly colourful and tenderly rendered; these alone will invite the reader to sit down and follow the koala from country to country (or from cover to cover, as it were). Today I realize I have been inspired by this dear book for almost 30 years, both creatively and in my travels. Hope this one comes back in print someday soon.

I received this splendid book as a Christmas gift, I guess I was about ten. Just to remember the artwork gives me the wanderlust! Sorry to see it's out of print for the time being.

I received "Around the World with Koa Koala" for my ninth birthday. I read this book from cover to cover about a million times. I credit this book with my desire to travel all around the world. I am now 30 years old. I want to thank the author for giving me my travelling jones.