Who are You, Baby Kangaroo?

by Stella Blackstone

Ilustrated by Clare Beaton
Ages: Pre-readers

A little puppy desires to know the name of the baby kangaroo. The baby kangaroo suggests the puppy asks other animals to find the answer. The puppy travels around the world asking wolf cubs, piglets, penguin chicks, zebra foals, tadpoles, and other various baby animals, what’s the name of a baby kangaroo? The other baby animals don’t know and send him to another baby animal. Finally, the beaver kittens suggest asking baby kangaroo’s mother. The puppy learns the name of the baby kangaroo. While you are following the little puppy in his journey, the ready learns the names of animal babies.
The illustrations are unique and not typical drawings. The illustrator’s creativity of using felt fabric as the pictures helps readers want to touch and feel the page given the book texture and depth.