A brand new Australian picture book about a little kookaburra who couldn't do what kookaburra's are supposed to do - laugh Fitting in is often difficult for children just as it is for Bridget. She overcomes this by laughing at herself even though she gets a bump on the head in the process. Beautiful watercolour illustrations.

Everyone knows that what koalas do best is sleep but young Clive cant help feeling different. He hardly ever wants to sleep Hes itchy and twitchy and sleeping on branches is a dangerous game when you just cant stop moving Maybe he was mixed up at birth and is really a monkey Maybe hes an elephant Or something much much bigger . . . One day somewhere between sleep and wild imagination Clive wonders what adventures he might have if only he were a different kind of animal . . . and soon discovers that being himself is not so bad after all

Mrs Grey is very worried. Ever since Big Red the leader of all the kangaroos in the world helped Keith to find his hop - he just cant STOP hopping Big Red again tries several ingenious ways to help but in the end sends Keith back to the hop-spital to see Dr Leapyear the hop-tician. This time the doctor decides to try hop-nosis. But will it work Will Keith EVER be able to stop hopping

Mrs Grey is very worried. All young kangaroos have to be presented to Big Red, the leader of all the kangaroos in the world. But what on earth is Big Red going to say about Keith? Big Red has never met a hop-less kangaroo in all his born days! He tries several ingenious ways to make Keith hop but nothing works until Keith visits the hop-spital, where the doctor suggests a very scary remedy...!