Kangaroo Coolaroo by Lydia S. Eliott

Kangaroo Coolaroo

by Lydia S. Eliott

Illustrated by Joyce Horne

Frederick Warne & Co., c1950, black and white illustrations, illustrated frontispiece, illustrated title page, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, front endpaper loose, cracked hinge, clipped dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, creasing and discolouration, a little crumpling and small tears (see photographs)

“Coolaroo was a tiny kangaroo, and he and his parents belonged to a “mob” or band of kangaroos living in the bush of southern Australia.  Coolaroo’s father was a leader of the mob, and as Coolaroo grew into a strong (and sometimes rather uppish) young joey his great ambition was to become a leader too.  So, as all prospective leaders must, he took to the bush and the grasslands alone, to learn about their life, their secrets and their dangers.  He met creatures friendly to the mob, and he skirmished with some enemies, until at last, after an absence of several years, he rejoined the mob and became the finest leader they had ever known.”