Kangaroo Joey Finds His Shadow.
by Hewett, Anita; Tocher, Marjorie (illustrator)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Ashton Scholastic / The Bodley Head, 1980. Reprint ed.. Paperback wide trade, fair only condition, stapled pamphlet, colour drawings & single-colour drawings (light brown), pages lightly toned & slightly foxed, staples rusted, wear along spine, covers creased, inside covers lightly toned, light foxing inside covers & some pages, slight loss spine ends covers, minor toning rear cover, few small scuffs, minor edgewear, owner's written name. 31 pp. This well-loved little children's book by Anita Hewitt is about a joey and his mother. Joey Kangaroo did not want to leave his mother's pouch until he discovered the magic of her shadow as she hopped along with him in her pouch. He then wanted to hop along so he could also make a shadow as he hopped from place to place. The delightful drawings make the kangaroos lifelike. This very special book would appeal to all ages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30905
- Title
- Kangaroo Joey Finds His Shadow.
- Author
- Hewett, Anita; Tocher, Marjorie (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ashton Scholastic / The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- children's literature, animals, kangaroos, australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....