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Joey
by
Jack Kent
Paperback, 0 pages
Published
April 1st 1987
by Prentice Hall
(first published 1984)
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I've decided that the grandchildren are old enough for book challenges. With my children we did numerous Library Challenges and had heaps of fun with them, and when I was at the library in November I picked up a leaflet about summer holiday reading for 5-13 year-olds. It seems it might be a little beyond James though - he only had 9 weeks of school before the holidays began. So I've made up my own challenge for them.
I bought a little exercise book each for James and Zenobia (she's 3 and a half)...more
I bought a little exercise book each for James and Zenobia (she's 3 and a half)...more
It doesn’t matter that Joey is a kangaroo. He is an average child in every way. Joey wants to play with his friends, but his mother is worried that he’ll get lost. His mother makes him stay in her pouch at all times so that she will know where he is. When Joey asks to play with his friends, his mother tells him to invite them into her pouch. Her pouch gets filled with four children, some musical instruments, a television and a record player. She finally gets exhausted from carrying everyone arou...more
Too bad it's old & out-of-fashion. It's a perfectly nonsensical cumulative story about a mother who wants her child to invite friends over, and friends who bring more and more toys & diversions. Oh things a mother will do to keep a child safe - even if they are Kangaroos! Find it at your library before they cull it!
Mar 27, 2013
Igraine
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Jan 30, 2013
Yentihw Sagelliv
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