Penelope the Mountain Pygmy Possum by Gordon winch and Stephen Pym

L O E P N E E P P y n g i m a y t n P u o o s M s u e m h t

Gordon Winch

Illustrated by Stephen Pym

L O E P N E E P P y n g i m a y t n P u o o s M s u e m h t

For Mick, Nick and Emily. GW For Heidi, my little possum. Both rare and gorgeous. SP First published in Australia 2016

by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757 48 Ross Street, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia www.newfrontier.com.au Text copyright Š 2016 Gordon Winch Illustrations copyright Š 2016 Stephen Pym This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Winch, Gordon, 1930- author.

Title: Penelope the Mountain Pygmy Possum / Gordon Winch; illustrated by Stephen Pym. ISBN: 9781925059595 (hardback) Target Audience: For primary school age Subjects: Burramyidae--Australia--Juvenile fiction.

Other Creators/Contributors: Pym, Stephen, illustrator.

Dewey Number: A823.3 Audio Reading, Voice and Music by Michael Kay; Recording, Editing and Mixing by Nick Simpson; Production by Emily Kay. Designed by Celeste Hulme Printed in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

L O E P N E E P P y n g i m a y t n P u o o s M s u e m h t

Gordon Winch

Illustrated by Stephen Pym The Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Tony Abbott MP, announced on 4 May 2015 that the Australian Government would donate $10,000 dollars to the Healesville Sanctuary, part of Zoos Victoria, to support the work of the Sanctuary in preserving the endangered Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus). The gift would be part of Australia's recognition of the birth of Her Royal Highness, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana on 2 May 2015.

This book has been published to coincide with the occasion of the first birthday of the Princess.

窶連ha!' said Penelope the Mountain Pygmy Possum as she pounced on a Bogong Moth. 'My favourite food!' And she gobbled it up with a crackle and a crunch, a chomp and a munch.

Penelope was very hungry – and no wonder. She had been asleep for most of the winter, curled up in her tiny home under a boulder, high in the Snowy Mountains.