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 Meh. Not really worth the time. July 24, 2008
This is a story about a kangaroo who needs to find a way to carry her joey. After asking around and finding other people's methods don't work, she goes to the city where she gets an apron with TONS of pockets, and everybody is happy, etc. etc. etc.
It's not a bad book, per se... it's just that I find it really weird that the animals listed here are not found together in nature. It's one thing to have predators speaking to prey, that happens in picture books all the time, but to have African animals talking to Australian animals, and to have Woodland animals conversing with Savannah animals? It's a little weird, is all.
And the book is a bit wordy, a bit too long for the story it's telling. It's not really *all* that interesting.
 Katy No Pocket May 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
My mom read this book to me, I read it to my daughters, and now I'm reading it to my grand kids, 2 and 21/2. Everybody loves this dear story about a mama and her baby.
 Awesome July 26, 2007
This is a great book to add to my collection of books to be used in my zoo unit. I teach first grade and I'm always on the lookout for books to add to my classroom library. This one is really a good one to use for teaching fiction/nonfiction since it has a fictional story along with some facts about kangaroos. Thanks!!!!
A return of an old friend February 9, 2006
This was a surprise when my daughter picked it out. I had forgotten this wonderful story from my childhood.
It's a great story about the troubles of Katy as she can't carry around her kid since she has no pocket. She goes on a quest seeking the advice of other animals and eventually goes to the city to find a pocket.
Surprisingly, my daughter got concerned about the end and what will happen to other animals as Katy put them into her new pockets. The pictures of the kangeroo crying might bother some rather sensitvie children but overall it's a wonderful story that will be requested to be read several times.
Boring. September 16, 2005
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought this book because it was highly rated by Amazon viewers. I was looking for a children's book about something related to Australia since we are moving there. The mother kanagroo doesn't have a pocket so she asks other animals how they carry their babies. What my children thought was weird was that she asked lions and monkeys, (as opposed to other Australian animals like koalas, etc...) "Kanagroos don't live in Africa, Mom!" (We used to live in Africa.)
My children and I think that the story is boring.
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