Kangaroos!

This Toddler Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

Books:

Boing by Nick Bruel

Pouch! by David Ezra Stein

Rhymes:

Jump, jump, jump goes the big kangaroo,

I thought there was one, but I see there are two. 

The mother takes her young one along in a pouch

Where he naps like a child on a couch. 
Jump! Jump! Jump! 
Jump! Jump! Jump! 

The hopping kangaroo is very funny.
She leaps...and runs...and hops like a bunny.
And on her tummy is a pocket so wide,
Her baby can jump in and go for ride!


 
The Henry Doorly Zoo does not currently have any kangaroos on display, but Buzz and I did spy another marsupial - this wallaby -  in the Desert Dome!  Wallabies and kangaroos are related, although wallabies are much smaller than kangaroos (which can grow over 6 feet in height and weigh up to 200 pounds!)
 

Can you spot the wallaby in the picture below?!

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