Dot and the Kangaroo, Ethel C. Pedley
Dot and the Kangaroo, Ethel C. Pedley
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Dot and the Kangaroo

Author: Ethel C. Pedley

Narrator: Lyndal Curran Doolan

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2024


Synopsis

In Dot and the Kangaroo, five-year-old Dot becomes lost in the Australian bush. Alone and frightened, Dot is approached by a grey kangaroo, who brings her some berries to eat. Dot eats the berries and suddenly finds that she can talk to animals! She tells the kangaroo that she has lost her way. The kangaroo has lost something too—her joey—but decides to help Dot out. Together, they search for home. This book was first published in 1899.

About Ethel C. Pedley

Ethel Charlotte Pedley (1859–1898) was an English Australian author, musician, and conservation activist. Dot and the Kangaroo is her only published work.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 22, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Erika on December 04, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Chloe on August 22, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Judy on February 26, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Jazzy on May 29, 2022

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