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Levitin, Sonia

When Kangaroo Goes to School

32 pp. | Rising | September, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-87358-791-X $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jeff Seaver. This lightly veiled bibliotherapy enumerates the benefits of education for Kangaroo and warns of challenges she may face ("The cafeteria at school does not serve grass and acacia leaves"). Though the joke wears thin because the winking narrative goes on too long, the concept is grand--improbable images of Kangaroo in class will both amuse and take the sting off young readers' school anxiety.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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