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Saxby, Claire,

Big red kangaroo / Claire Saxby & Graham Byrne. - Newtown, N.S.W. : Walker Books Australia, 2013. - 29 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm. - Saxby, Claire. Nature storybooks. . - Nature storybooks. .

Includes index. New South Wales Premiers Reading Challenge 3-4.

An exciting new addition to the narrative non-fiction series Nature Storybooks, about big red kangaroos. Far inland, the sun floats on the waves of a bake-earth day. Big Red and his mob of kangaroos wait for night-time when they can search for food. Young male kangaroos wait too ready to challenge Red and take his place as leader.

For primary school age.

Crichton award for new illustrators - winner 2014.

ISBN: 9781921720420 (hardback)

Source: Locked Bag 22, Newtown NSW 2042

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kangaroos--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.
Kangaroos--Pictorial works.
Kangaroos--Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Children's stories, Australian.
Kangaroos--Juvenile literature.
Kangaroos--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories--Pictorial works.

Subjects--Index Terms: Picture books (Australia) Marsupials & monotremes (Australia) Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's stories--Pictorial works.

LC Class. No.: QL737.M35 / S39 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 599.2223