How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?

How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?

by Bruce Whatley (Author), JackieFrench (Author)

Synopsis

Take a closer look at Australia's best-known marsupials. Why does Australia have animals that are so different from others anywhere else in the world? Why do 'roos and wallabies have such big tummies? Who were the kangaroos with fangs that lived 10 million years ago? What's the best way to become invisible (to kangaroos, at any rate)? Which wallaby is a 'living fossil' - the same as the wallabies that grazed 10 million years ago? Why do joeys eat their mother's droppings? Fnd out in this fascinating new book! PS: What do you call a kangaroo with a flower behind their ear and a big grin? A happy hippy hoppy. Ages 7-12

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Published: 01 Jul 2008

ISBN 10: 0732285445
ISBN 13: 9780732285449

Author Bio
Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives near Braidwood in the Araluen Valley, NSW. In 2000, her book Hitler's Daughter was awarded the CBC Younger Readers' Award. To the Moon and Back won the Eve Pownall Award in 2005. Macbeth and Son, and Josephine Wants to Dance were both shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Awards.