Kangarooster - Tom Watson

Kangarooster

By Tom Watson

  • Release Date: 2011-01-31
  • Genre: Animal Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4
4
From 113 Ratings

Description

This is a story of a father and daughter, Lizzy, who work on a farm in Kalamazoo. The father instills a serious work ethic in his daughter - and in the animals that live on the farm. One day, Lizzy discovers a kangaroo. Her father agrees that it can live on the farm if Lizzy can find the animal a role. Lizzy succeeds, but then she discovers even stranger animals - Kangaroosters. What job will she find for them? The story is written in a rhythmic, rhyming style for the younger set. It's illustrated with boldly colored, cut-paper pictures. It is similar - both in writing style, humor and imagery - as "When Cows Fly," another book by Tom Watson that has consistently ranked in the top five for free children's stories on iBooks. You may want to get that book to see if you like the style. It is, after all, free. Tom is also the author of the popular Stick Dog series.

Reviews

  • kangarooster

    3
    By Godzilla9810
    My six year old daughter liked the pictures and how the story had a rhyme to it. Nice bedtime story.
  • Kids loved this

    5
    By GuthrieDog
    This is really clever. Love the curious idea of animal-combos. As a parent, really liked the work-ethic lessons of the farmer-father character. My kids enjoyed the sing-song style of the rhyming words. Bright, fun illustrations were a bonus. Highly recommended.
  • Great story

    5
    By Bunny from Chicago
    Loved this one. The artwork is amazing and the story is so much fun. Can't wait to see more from Tom Watson!
  • Good story, good to read

    5
    By GoKnicksBoy
    This was fun to read. Lots of rhyming. Liked the story too. I'm a bigger fan of the Stick Dog books, this one is more of a picture book. But it's still really good.

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