Riley and the Jumpy
Kangaroo written by Tania McCartney and illustrated by Kieron Pratt
Publication Date: August 2013
ISBN: 9781925000023
HB, 9781925000030 PB
Pages: 32
Format: Landscape Hardcover
& Paperback
Price: AUD
$22.95 HC, AUD $16.95 PB
Category: fiction/non-fiction
crossover
Age Guide: 6-10
Blurb:
Whilst
visiting Canberra, Riley encounters a very jumpy kangaroos that is frantically
searching for something she’s lost. Bounding around the iconic sights of
Canberra, can this roo finally finds what she’s been looking for?
Review:
This
is such a wonderful children’s book. It’s something any child would love to
hear and look at the amazing pictures. The pictures in the book are a
combination of location photographs with illustrations over the top of them.
What
makes this book interesting is the fact that that there is so much to look at
in the pictures. The characters of Riley and his friends are wonderful and
bright. The characters are a great contrast to the photographs they appear
in.
This
book really comes at a great time with the Canberra Centenary celebrations.
I
highly recommend this book to anyone who has children of their own or is a
teacher as I think this book is such a great resource as it really shows what
Australia’s Capital City looks like.
5/5
About the Author and
Illustrator:
Tania McCartney
Tania
is an Australian author, editor, publisher, blogger, magazine writer and mango
devourer. She is the author of the Riley travelogue series of picture books and
has also published adult non-fiction. One of her favourite things in the whole
wide world is reading to kids.
Kieron
Pratt
Kieron Pratt is a Canberra-based illustrator and cartoonist who has
worked on three of the Riley the Little Aviator books and
several other children’s picture books. He has spent many years as a storyboard
artist for an animation company and has recently been commissioned to redesign
the maps for the national zoo. He loved iced coffees and is very good at making
people laugh.
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