Norma Jean, jumping bean

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

978039488668

Collation

48 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

C

Joey

Joey, a young kangaroo, becomes bored playing alone in his mother's pouch and invites some friends over to play with him.

A pocketful of pets

Mike enlists the help of a variety of animals to find Mama Kangaroo's baby, but they all get so sleepy they hop in Mama's pouch for a nap.

Rufus the red kangaroo

The story of a red kangaroo and it's life in the hot dry regions of desert around Ayers Rock. Rufus hopped as quickly as he could across the dry red earth and jumped head-first into his mother's pouch before she knew what he was doing. His mother tried to push him out, quite gently, because he was too big to fit into the pouch any longer. He was almost eight moths old and it was time he hopp…

The boing boing races

All the kangaroos are lined up at the start. The Boing Boing races are about to begin. But what's this? Emu has joined the line. Can Emu join in a race for kangaroos? Pa Roo, the wise old man of the district, relates the tales of the adventures of the other characters. The race in this book is not a horse race, but a kangaroo race!

The kangaroo and the porpoise : an aboriginal story

This story was told by Agnes Lippo from the Aboriginal community of Belyuen in the Northern Territory, where people from the Larrakia and Waigite language groups live. The illustrations in this book are adapted from paintings of the story done by the children at Belyuen School. Bill Turner, Head Teacher at Belyuen School in 1987, said "'The Kangaroo and the Porpoise' is one of the many stories …