Koalas are lazy, koalas are dumb -

They hang round all day,

They just sit on their…gum trees

In zoos they look cute but you should understand

If you cuddle a koala, it’ll piddle on your hand.

But there’s one koala ahead of the rest

Of all the koalas

It’s clearly the best

You maybe can guess what I’m working towards…

The Kids’ Own Australian Li-tera-ture Awards.

KOALA has given young readers a voice

For thirty years now

They have told us their choice

Their favourite books all appear on a list

And we authors can eat a nice lunch and get…blist-ers (on our fingers from signing lots of autographs and doing nice drawings and playing the guitar…)

So let’s thank KOALA for all that they do -

The committee, the teachers

And the kids too

We hope it continues for many years long

Now let’s sing KOALA that old birthday song…