K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo

Giles Andreae. Orchard, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-439-53126-9

The fun of K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo by Giles Andreae emanates from Guy Parker-Rees's renderings of an exuberantly silly animal world. All kinds of ABC-themed things pop up in his artwork. For ""B is for busy and big bumblebee"" he not only shows the plump bee in flight, but also a boat filled with a bull, bear, bucket, ball, and a beaver holding a balloon which is threatened by the bee's stinger.

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