A First Look at Kangaroos, Koalas, and Other Animals with Pouches
Author:
Joyce Hunt, Millicent Selsam 
Illustrator:
Harriett Springer
Publication:
1985 by Walker & Co.
Genre:
Nature, Non-fiction, Science
Series:
Millicent Selsam "A First Look At" Series 
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Everybody knows the kangaroo, the strange animal who carries her babies around with her in a pouch. But few people know that there are pouched animals that resemble mice, cats, wolves, bears, moles and rabbits. Why is a tiger cat not a cat? Why is a koala bear not a bear? A young person will find the answer to these questions and will learn how to tell apart other pouched animals, called marsupials.
He or she will also find out why these animals, with the exception of the American opossum, make their home only in Australia. How did they get there? Why don't they live anywhere else? The reader will get some idea of the great geologic changes that distributed animals all over the earth.
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Joyce Hunt
1927 -American
Joyce Hunt has a B.A. and an M.A. from Hunter College and teaches primary grades in the New York Public School System. The books of this series are ... See more
Millicent Selsam
1912 - 1996American
Millicent E. Selsam, the distinguished author of more than eighty science books for children, majored in biology at Brooklyn College and received he... See more
Harriett Springer
AmericanHarriett Springer has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and has also lived and studied in Mexico. A well-know... See more
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