Kangaroo Court
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Kangaroo Court
Keith McEwan
(Macmillan Children's Books)
978-0333487105, RRP £1.75, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
One of the 'Kookaburra' series originally published down under, this tells in rhyme of a succession of Australian animals who announce the impending arrival of 'a terrible monster' to a disbelieving judge. Each animal adds to the description but receives the same reply until finally a gorilla appears behind the judge's chair. I'm not sure what children will make of this slightly surreal tale with its rather obscure theme; it certainly left me somewhat bemused.