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Dot and the Kangaroo
Ethel C. Pedley
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Dot and the Kangaroo, written in 1899, is a children’s book by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Dot and the Kangaroo, written in 1899, is a children’s book by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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"Oh, Kangaroo, shall we get safely to the bottom do you think?"
"I never think," said the Kangaroo, "but I know we shall. This is the easiest way. If I went through the thick bush on the other side, I should stand a chance of running my head against a tree at every leap, unless I got a stiff neck with holding my head on one side looking out of one eye all the time. My nose gets in the way when I look straight in front," she explained. "Don't be afraid," she continued. "I know every jump of the way. We kangaroos have gone this way ever since Australia began to have kangaroos. Look here!" she said, pausing on a big boulder that hung right over the gully, "we have made a history book for ourselves out of these rocks; and so long as these rocks last, long, long after the time when there will be no. . . Read More
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This is one of the best pieces of children's literature I have ever read. Although the story is quite simple—a little girl named Dot gets lost in the forest and is helped by a native wild animal, the kangaroo, which is also a symbol of Australia—the journey to find her way home offers a profound per
There are some books that stay in your memory for decades thanks to a teacher who took the time and effort to read it to you when you were oh so very young. For me 'Dot and the Kangaroo' is perhaps the epitome of this; I can still recall sitting on the classroom floor in First Grade at East Maitland
I really enjoyed the film (say enjoyed - was scarred for life but remember it fondly) and so was interested to read the source material. In all honesty as a teacher I enjoy the information of Australian animals for children to read in an accessible way but I feel the film had a much more emotional i
Lost in the bush, Dot is befriended by a kangaroo and learns to respect animals.
I think the critics are being too harsh of this story. If you put it into context in the time it was set, I am sure Ethel Pedley was using language of the time and did not realise its harm. Thankfully we know better now of racial issues and how language can be harmful.
I read this book as a young ch
Dot had such an adventure.
Dot and the Kangaroo is an Australian children's classic written 122 years ago. After growing up watching the 1977 movie of the same name, this is my first time reading the book itself. From when Dot gets lost and meets the kangaroo, followed by Dot's experiences with all the creatures of the bush,