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K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo

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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.

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!!!

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!

and big busy bumble bee below blossoming branch barely buzzes by beaver's blue balloon.

OK, OK. I am exaggerating. The balloon is red, not blue.

This book is another winning co-production by the gifted writer/illustrator team of "Giraffes Can't Dance." Cheerful, amusing, entertaining and educational in an unobtrusive way, it is a genuine pleasure for kids and parents.

Learning the letters of the alphabet has rarely been so much fun. Max's favorite is the letter "B" because he likes his dad to enact the slightly absurd drama of a bull in a boat who is rowing frantically to escape a grinning bumble bee about to pierce the balloon of a beaver who sits next to the bull. Add to that the third passenger in the boat, a phlegmatic bear munching on a banana, and you have the right stuff for a great bed-time story. Trust me.

Rivaling "B" in popularity is the letter "R" featuring a rabbit in a carrot-shaped racing machine, a raccoon riding a rocket-propelled scooter (any boy's dream!), a rolling robot, a running rhino and last not least a rat holding a rose. The rose is red. Just for the record.

For obvious reasons my favorite letters are K and L: "K is for kissing a cool kangaroo - L is for loving, like Daddy loves you."

This book is fun and educational! The rhyming prose is delightful and has wonderful pictures accompanying each letter of the alphabet. There are lots of objects in each picture that begin with the letter (except X and Z, but really, can you think of many items that start with those letters?)

Cute little ABC book. Great illustrations. I like that on the page of each letter are additional things that start with that letter. There is also a list of items to search for on each page.

A great source for teaching ABC's as well as adjectives and descriptive words. Beautiful colorful pictures as well.

So I am back on this alphabet book kick, and I guess I like the repetive beginning sounds. This is a well-drawn book with the perfect mixtures of sweet and fun.