Dot and the Kangaroo

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......more

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......more

Dot had such an adventure.......more

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......more

Lost in the bush, Dot is befriended by a kangaroo and learns to respect animals.......more