Work It Out Wombats! (2023)

Full of boundless energy, Malik, Zadie, and Zeke run, bounce, roll, and romp, always on the lookout for interesting Treeborhood problems to solve. Malik is thoughtful, considerate, and sometimes set in his ways (which can be a good thing when you're problem-solving). His speedy, adventurous younger sister, Zadie, is a brainstormer extraordinaire, with ideas that range from silly to very smart. Zeke is the youngest-a funny, curious cuddle-bug who loves to play and explore. Super, their grandmother, is the Superintendent and unofficial "Mayor" of the Treeborhood-the de facto heart and soul of the place. In each story, the Wombats demonstrate computational thinking for preschoolers, learning as they go. Their aspirations will sometimes exceed their proficiency. But, eventually they'll stop, take a breath, put their heads together and figure out a fix-using the design process, sequencing, debugging, and other key elements of computational thinking. From a crazy campout being unfun, to a job with the smallest tasks ever to be done, to a problem with a broken down fireworks-making machine, there are so many problem the Wombats can solve.