Kangaroo Books

In the care package I got from my sister this week, there was the greatest gift ever!


This is a book published in 1962 by James Flora, called Kangaroo for Christmas. In this book, Kathryn (almost Katie) gets a kangaroo for Christmas from her Uncle Dingo. She names the kangaroo Adelaide and they proceed to hop around town, causing havoc on Christmas Eve. It's such a great story and the illustrations are wonderful.





The other kangaroo book I have is one I've had from when I was a kid, called Katy No-Pocket. This one is about a mother kangaroo who has no pocket to carry her joey. She goes around to all different animals to see how they carry their babies. Of course, none of those methods will work for a kangaroo. She ends up finding a hardware store and an apron with lots of pockets, so she ends up being able to carry around lots of babies.