Brown cloth-covered hardback with black kangaroo decoration on front cover, in an unclipped dust jacket. Stated First edition. Reinforced library binding but NOT ex-lib. Book has a tight, square spine. Edges of cover are slightly rubbed. Dust jacket has light rubbing and a one-half inch tear along the back of the spine. Pages are clean and free of marks and writing. Describes the dependent relationship of a joey to his mother until he grows old enough to leave her and join a kangaroo mob of his own. 32 pp.

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