Emma chichester clark blue kangaroo learning

  • Emma Chichester Clark's soothing story follows a little girl called Lily, who insists that her favourite plaything, Blue Kangaroo, is anxious about starting.
  • When Lily gets a new baby brother, she soon discovers that it's not easy learning new things and helping to look after someone so small.
  • Lily and Blue Kangaroo are the best of friends and when Lily doesn't know what to do next she often asks, 'What shall we do, Blue Kangaroo?'.

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    What Shall We Do, Blue Kangaroo?

    By Author / Illustrator

    Emma Chichester Clark

    Genre

    Young fiction

    Age range(s)

    3+

    Publisher

    HarperCollins Publishers

    ISBN

    9780007161942

    Format

    Paperback / softback

    Published

    01-03-2004

    Synopsis

    Lily and Blue Kangaroo - a friendship forever!


    Another heart warming story featuring Lily and her much-loved toy, Blue Kangaroo, from award-winning, renowned illustrator, Emma Chichester Clark.


    Lily and Blue Kangaroo are the best of friends and when Lily doesn't know what to do next she often asks, 'What shall we do, Blue Kangaroo?' But Blue Kangaroo doesn't always know, so he says nothing. But one day, in a crisis, Blue Kangaroo has to work out what to do all by himself...

    Reviews

    Emma Chichester Clark has written a super tale about Lily and Blue Kangaroo. This story explores how Lily learns to be independent when she asks adults to help her with different things but they are too busy to do so. I love the way that in this book, L

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    It Was You, Blue Kangaroo!

    About Emma Chichester Clark

    Emma Chichester Clark studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art, where she was taught by Quentin Blake. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines including New forskare, Cosmopolitan and The Sunday Times, for publishers and advertising agencies as well as teaching art for several years, and has also illustrated numerous book jackets. 

    In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award for her first book, Listen to This!, an anthology compiled by Laura Cecil. She also won the Kate Greenaway medal in 1988. Since then, she has become internationally known, illustrating writers such as Roald Dahl, Peter Dickinson, Anne Fine and Margaret Mahy. Emma was the first winner of the newly created Grinzane Junior Award for I Love you, Blue Kangaroo.

    Emma was born in London but raised in Ireland. She started drawing "just about as soon as I could hold a pencil. But I could never find

  • emma chichester clark blue kangaroo learning

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    Alice Hemming recommends I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! by Emma Chichester Clark

    The Story: This is the first in a popular series of books about Lily and her beloved Blue Kangaroo. In this tale, Lily is bought a number of new toys by visiting friends and relatives. Blue Kangaroo is gradually pushed further and further to the edge of the bed as Lily delights in her new presents.

    The text is lovely and concise with a gentle, building refrain, which lends itself to memorisation. Emma Chichester Clark has a way of choosing exactly the right words. Lily’s first gift in the story is a teddy bear, which is described as ‘huggable and furry with wild, brown eyes.’ Wonderful!

    The illustrations are perfect. The dramatic nighttime spreads, where Blue Kangaroo comes to life, contrast beautifully with the colourful daytime spreads. I particularly like the vignettes that show Blue Kangaroo growing increasingly anxious as new favourite toys join Lily at bedtime.

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