This wonderfully illustrated, young and funny picture book is about accepting yourself as you are, by exploring the good and bad things about life and how they apply to everyone: the worst thing about being a kangaroo is hitting your head on the ceiling when you bounce. The best thing about beng a kangaroo is having a handy pocket to carry all your things.

An hilariously funny text using child-centred activities to relate the animals experience of life to that of a child.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2004 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ailie Busby is a very talented illustrator with a distinctive style. She has had work published by Scholastic and Orion and currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with her family. Nicola Moon has also written Noisy Neighbors in the I Am Reading series. Andy Ellis has illustrated more than twenty books for children, including the I Am Reading series title Alligator Tails and Crocodile Cakes.