Under the Redbud Tree. The Little Koala Who Lost Her Way - Gary D Clark

In Bixby, Oklahoma, five best friends (Everly, Sydney, Cora, Adeline, and Adelie) find an injured baby koala under a redbud tree during a Saturday soccer game. She escaped from a zoo truck bound for Texas. Everly names her Koko, and with big sister Zoey and the whole team pitching in, the girls nurse her back to health on iced boxes of eucalyptus. Once Koko is healed, they deliver her to the Dallas Zoo. There Australian keeper Poppy Wattle welcomes her and invites the girls to be Junior Koala Keepers for the summer.

It’s a warm story about friendship, teamwork, and the best kind of goodbye.