Merry Christmas, Blue Kangaroo!

By Emma Chichester Clark and Emma Chichester Clark; Emma Chichester C

Book Overview

Lily and Blue Kangaroo - a friendship forever!

A heart warming festive story featuring Lily and her much-loved toy, Blue Kangaroo, from award-winning, renowned illustrator, Emma Chichester Clark.

It's Christmas Eve, and Lily is excitedly wondering if Father Christmas will come. She has made cards for everyone, helped to decorate the house and put presents under the tree.

"This one is just for you, Blue Kangaroo!" she says.
"Just for me!" thinks Blue Kangaroo.

But Blue Kangaroo doesn't have a present for Lily, and he lies awake worrying. Is there anyone who might be able to help?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008242194
• ISBN13: 9780008242190
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

First Christmas, Best Christmas

Blue Kangaroo has never had Christmas before, so everything is new--the tree, the garlands, the gifts, the stockings. As people's comments accumulate ("This will be Blue Kangaroo's first Christmas tree/stocking/gift/etc") little Blue Kangaroo feels unable to match the largesse. When Father Christmas comes to visit, the reciprocity problem is solved very neatly with a stocking, a blue heart on the tree and a plate of cookies shared. All children who have been whipped to a buying frenzy by relentless television commercials would be nicely enriched by this sweetly restrained story. Don't forget to share a plate of cookies and a glass of milk with your young reader at the end.