This creative story is about Katy, the kangaroo, who is crying at the beginning of the story. She is a mother to Freddy but she doesn't have a pocket like other kangaroos to carry Freddy around in. She is so distraught wondering how to take care of Freddy. She decides to go ask other animals such as a crocodile, a monkey, lions, and birds. However she tries their suggestions such as carry Freddy on her back, hold Freddy in her arms, have Freddy walk behind her, or push Freddy out of a nest so he can fly, but none of these ideas work. Next she, goes to see owl who tells her head to the city. Once in the city, she finds a man that is covered in pockets. She asks the man where he got all of his pockets and he tells her that it is an apron and it has all different size pockets to hold all different things. He dumps everything out of his apron and ties the apron on Katy. Katy is so happy to have finally found a solution to hold her son, Freddy. When she got back home, she realized that she had lots of other pockets to hold other animal friends. So that's exactly what she did! ( )

One of my favorite childhood stories. Wonderful and beautiful. ( )

This is a story about a kangaroo who needs to find a way to carry her joey. After asking around and finding other people's methods don't work, she goes to the city where she gets an apron with TONS of pockets, and everybody is happy, etc. etc. etc.

It's not a bad book, per se... it's just that I find it really weird that the animals listed here are not found together in nature. It's one thing to have predators speaking to prey, that happens in picture books all the time, but to have African animals talking to Australian animals, and to have Woodland animals conversing with Savannah animals? It's a little weird, is all.

And the book is a bit wordy, a bit too long for the story it's telling. It's not really *all* that interesting. ( )

This is a really delightful story book illustrated by H.A. Rey, who also created the beloved Curious George books. In the same fun-loving and colorful style, the story of Katy, a mama kanagroo with no pocket for her baby, comes to life. Katy searches high and low and interviews many other kinds of animals to try to find a way to carry her baby, Freddy. In the end she gets some great advice and finds a solution that is pure genius. The story is really cute but H.A. Rey's utterly charming illustrations make this into a treat that should NOT be missed. The details of the various animals are so jolly, the faces so expressive. The pictures just exude happiness. I believe that once you share this with a little one it will become a family favorite. ( )