Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Joey runs away - Hardcover

Kent, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135104629 ISBN 13: 9780135104620

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1985

Synopsis

After Joey, a young kangaroo, runs away in search of a better place to live, other animals try out his mother's empty pouch while she is looking for him.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2 A silly story sure to strike the funny bones of independent readers and story hour groups. Joey, a baby kangaroo, runs away from home rather than clean his messy room. Soon other animals (a bear, an elephant, a bull, a giraffe and rabbits) try his upset mother's empty pocket, but they find that it isn't just right. Meanwhile, Joey is doing the same thing looking for a home, even trying a pelican's beak before settling in a mail pouch. The next morning the postman delivers Joey to his mother along with her bills. Joey is now sure that there is no place like home, even if you do have to clean your room. Children will enjoy Kent's typical brightly colored humorous cartoon illustrations as much as they will enjoy Joey's adventures on his own. Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, N.Y.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Adult or child, no one is immune to the frolics created by Kent, the versatile humorist whose beloved characters include Joey. This is a sequel to the upstart kangaroo's debut, starting when he refuses to clean up the mess in his room (Mama's pouch). With his bindlestiff on his shoulder, Joey runs away, looking for a new home, but they're all taken. Meantime, Mama's pouch is for rent but not suitable for any of the animals who investigate the space. After a while, the wanderer hitches a ride in a postman's bag and fetches up back home, so Mama discards the junk mail and welcomes her Joey, thus ending the non-stop surprises illustrated with verve in Kent's boldly colored pictures. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0135104629
• ISBN 13: 9780135104620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 28
• Illustrator: Jack Kent