Storytime Books:
I Love It When You Smile by Sam McBratney
Illustrated by Charles Fuge
Summary: When little Roo wakes up, he just feel grumpy. His mother tries everything to make him feel better, but nothing she does makes any difference. So will a deep, wide, and muddy-at-the-bottom hole make Little Roo smile?
Pouch! by David Ezra Stein
Summary: One day, little Joey peeks out of Mama Kangaroo's pouch and says, "I want to hop!" Each time he leaves his safe haven, he takes more steps, meets a strange new animal, yells out "Pouch!," and hops back to his mama to hide.
Boing by Nick Bruel
Summary: A baby Kangaroo tries desperately to learn how to jump, but can't quite make the leap... Again and again she tries, with the hearty encouragement of a frog, a grasshopper, and a rabbit, not to mention his doting Mama.
A sweet and silly book with wonderful artwork and a pop-up surprise that will have kids squealing with delight!
Storytime Songs:
If Your Happy And You Know It by Hit Crew from Kids Fun Gold
Hop Hop Little Kangaroo by Patsy Biscoe from Australian Songs For Kids
I Can Run As Fast As You by Play School from Oomba Baroomba
More Kangaroo Books:
Joey by Jack Kent
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Where are you, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? by Mercer Mayer
Marsupial Sue by John Lithgow
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
