K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo [Hardcover]

Giles Andreae (Author), Guy Parker-Rees (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

From the best-selling team of GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE, comes a unique, funny picture book about the alphabet.

"K is for kissing a cool kangaroo, L is for loving, like Daddy loves you, M is for mischievous monkey and mat, N is for naughty and "No, don't do that!" This picture book puts a new twist on the alphabet with Andreae's fun-filled descriptions for each letter and Parker-Rees's clever illustrations. The page "G is for a giant, whose garden grows wild" depicts a big, goofy-looking giant nestled in a huge, green flower bed, filled with a goose and its golden egg, a gazelle, a gorilla, and a giraffe, all included to reinforce the letter G.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 1-"A is for apple that grows on the tree" may sound like a pretty conventional beginning for an ABC book, but when the accompanying illustration depicts an aardvark balancing on an anteater, reaching up for the juicy red fruit while bemused ants look on from the branches above, readers know they're in for a treat. Each page contains an upper- and lowercase letter, with an action-packed picture featuring animals and objects beginning with that letter. The rollicking rhyme scheme is amusing and fresh-"u is for unicorn, uncle, and udder/v is for vampire whose teeth make you shudder"-and the full-bleed watercolor paintings are as bright as candied apples. Grammar purists may object to the phrase "l is for loving, like Daddy loves you," but it's hard to fault a book that's so brimming with color, action, and humor. It can be used as a fun read-aloud to a group as well as for one-on-one sharing.
Anna DeWind Walls, Milwaukee Public Library
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Review

With bright, colourful illustrations and a fun rhyming text, this is a great way of introducing young children to the letters of the alphabet. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Orchard (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439531268
• ISBN-13: 978-0439531269
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 10 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,587,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Giles Andreae is the award-winning and bestselling author of Rumble in the Jungle, The Lion Who Wanted to Love and keep Love in Your Heart, Little One. Giles is also the creator and voice behind Purple Ronnie. He lives in London.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled from cover to cover with humor, August 11, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo (Hardcover)

The collaborative effort of author Giles Andreae and illustrator Guy Parker-Rees, K Is For Kissing And A Cool Kangaroo is an ABC book that offers young readers ages 2 to 6 with a delightful and rhythmic text that covers all the letters of the alphabet. Filled from cover to cover with humor, cheerful illustrations, and vocabulary development, K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo is a perfect addition to any family, preschool center, or kindergarten collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very pleasant surprise, September 13, 2007

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Heather Martin (The Republic of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo (Hardcover)

We stumbled across this at the library (literally, the baby had thrown it on the floor). It must have been destiny!

This book is just plain fun. The text is funny and flows easily. Each letter has a creative rhyme and then pictures to go with it. BUT they've included lots of other pictures which start with the same letter so you can spend hours (we have) hunting through each picture trying to find everything. It's very similar to Graeme Base's Animalia, only his is much more 'artistically' detailed and this is more cartoonish. (I strongly recommend you check out Animalia too.)

What I like best about this book is that it works on so many levels. It's a fun read-aloud. It's fun to look at. My beginning readers (7-years-old) can look at the pictures and find all the 'extras'. My 3-year-old can find the ones listed in the rhymes. A great find for a fun family time. Thanks baby!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, February 11, 2005

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dandylion - See all my reviews

This review is from: K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo (Paperback)

I use this book as part of circle time in the special ed class I teach. The kids are still completely hypnotised by it and some have it memorized from cover to cover. I've used it for six months to the point that the book is wearing out, but my kids still want to hear it everyday. Great choice for all kids and a must have for classrooms!