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I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!

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Every night Blue Kangaroo falls fast asleep, cuddled in Lily's arms. But as new toy animals start arriving, Blue Kangaroo worries that there just isn't enough room for him anymore. When he goes missing, Lily looks everywhere for him and it turns out NONE of the other toys mean as much to her as her first and favorite Blue Kangaroo.

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ISBN-13:	9781783445028
Publisher:	Andersen Press, Limited
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Blue Kangaroo , #1
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	483,003
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Emma Chichester Clark is the author of No More Kissing, Love Is My Favorite Thing, and Plumdog. I Love You, Blue Kangaroo was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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"This original Blue Kangaroo story is still a winner!" —Good Book Guide

"A tender and touching story." —Sunday Telegraph

"Blue Kangaroo is a winner." —T.E.S.

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After Lily's belored blue Kangaroo gets displaced by new plush animals, he sadly walks down the hall to the baby's crib. But Lily then realized Blue Kangaroo is the one she loves best, and a happy compromise is found. Watercolors in cheerful lollipop tones show pleasantly cluttered domestic scenes in a tale of loyalty that also subtly explores sibling relations.

Horn Book Guide

Emma Chichester Clark's fresh and inviting picture book humorously explores the intensity of the child-toy relationship, seen from the toy's point of view.

Riverbank Review

In this warmhearted story of a faithful toy, a girl acquires a menagerie of stuffed animals but declares the first her favorite. Blue Kangaroo, who belongs to Lily, is an aquamarine-hued plaything with a faint smile on his long, pointy face. "Every night, Lily said, `I love you, Blue Kangaroo!' And Blue Kangaroo fell fast asleep in Lily's arms." This special, one-to-one relationship changes when family and friends begin to bring gifts for Lily, including Wild Brown Bear and Yellow Cotton Rabbit. Lily's good-night list expands to include each arrival, but readers will notice that Lily subtly distinguishes her blue pal from the rest. Even though he still hears the title phrase, Blue Kangaroo worries that he's been replaced. Clark (Little Miss Muffet's Count-Along Surprise) uses authoritative colored-pencil outlines and summertime-bright watercolors to evoke sympathy for the kangaroo in busy family scenes. As Lily cuddles her presents (none of which displays her kangaroo's attentiveness), her baby brother grabs for the lonely toy. In the end, though, Lily would rather donate all her other toys to her brother than part with Blue Kangaroo. Clark considers jealousy from several angles, exploring Blue Kangaroo's feelings and Lily's possessiveness. The reassuring message is that newcomers don't have to displace best friends, but sometimes even buddies need to be reminded that they matter. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-A heartwarming story of a little girl and her beloved stuffed animal. As Lily begins to accumulate an assortment of stuffed toys from relatives and friends, Blue Kangaroo begins to feel rejected. When at last the child's bed becomes too crowded, Blue Kangaroo rolls out and hops down the hall and into the baby's crib. When the baby delightedly claims him the next day, Lily offers her brother all of her other animals in return for Blue Kangaroo. A wholly satisfying story of the bond between a child and her favorite animal, enhanced by large, expressive watercolors.-Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY

School Library Journal

Blue Kangaroo is Lily's favorite stuffed animal. They play all day and sleep entwined at night. Then a gathering swarm of stuffed animal gifts invades their perfect world and cuts into Blue Kangaroo's quality time. Indeed, in bed the young marsupial is shuttled further and further from Lily as new beasts-a tiny teddy, a green crocodile, a yellow rabbit, and more-are added, until he finds himself on the floor, having been squeezed right out. Blue Kangaroo wanders off and discovers the baby's room, and his two waiting arms. When Lily finds Blue Kangaroo with the baby the next day, she snatches him back. The baby wails. Lily hands over all the other stuff animals: "He can have these, but nobody can have Blue Kangaroo!" Such a sudden case of protectiveness looks suspect; it's nice to think that Lily's rekindled desire for Blue Kangaroo is the product of undying love, but less noble motivations are more obviously applicable. Young readers will enjoy debating the source of Lily's actions-to outdo the baby, or to remind them all that she loves Blue Kangaroo first, and best. (Picture book. 4-8) .

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