Where are You, Blue Kangaroo? - Emma Chichester Clark

Lily loves her Blue Kangaroo very much. So much that she takes him everywhere with her. But Lily is also a typical little girl and she keeps leaving the poor Kangaroo everywhere: on the top of the slide in the play park, on the bus seat and eventually, in the episode that Blue Kangaroo finds most terrifying of all, on a zoo bench from which a monkey snatches it. Kangaroo loves Lily very much, but he doesn't want to be lost for ever, and thus, when excited Lily tells him that they are going to the seaside tomorrow, he decides to sneak out of her bed and hide. Emma Chichester-Clark is a deservedly popular author and illustrator of picture books and two of her ...  Read the complete review

Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo? By Emma Chichester Clark I have already reviewed some of this series, but this is another favourite about Lily and her Blue Kangaroo. ***What's it all about?*** The story opens with what appears to be Lily and Blue Kangaroo playing hide and seek. However, it becomes clear that Blue Kangaroo isn't hiding on purpose; Lily keeps losing him! Lily's friend Florence takes her to the park, she has a lovely time and is about to leave; when she realises she has forgot something! Blue Kangaroo! She finds him on the slide and Florence tells her to be more careful next time. The next week-end Lily goes ...  Read the complete review