Product Description

Lily is being extremely naughty - and blaming Blue Kangaroo, who says nothing. The kitchen gets flooded, the cat is tormented, and little brother Jack is screaming and screaming. But when Blue Kangaroo is banished to top of the book case until he learns to behave, Lily is in tears, and he has to act. Who slips the note saying 'sorry' under her mother's door that night? Lily is sure she knows: "It was you, Blue Kangaroo!" she whispered.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1129283 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-25
• Released on: 2001-10-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From Publishers Weekly
A host of new titles return to earlier themes and protagonists. Lily blames her bad behavior on her beloved stuffed animal in It Was You, Blue Kangaroo! by Emma Chichester Clark, the sequel to I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! Lucky for Lily, her loyal 'roo looks the other way, then helps set things right. Ages 2-5.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-Poor Blue Kangaroo can't get a break. After Lily assures him that she will always love him in I Love You, Blue Kangaroo (1999) and he overcomes abandonment issues in Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo? (2001, both Doubleday), he is now blamed for all the child's mischievous acts. She leaves the sink running until it overflows, she dresses her cat (who gets very upset by it all), and makes her baby brother scream. Through it all, she blames her stuffed toy. Her mother then takes him away and sends her daughter to bed without him. In the end, the marsupial comes up with a plan that allows all to be forgiven and the best friends to be reunited. Clark's ever-expressive spreads filled with boldly hued watercolors aptly depict the plight of the kangaroo. This book definitely has the possibility of opening up a discussion between parents and their children on many issues, especially about bad behavior and the importance of telling the truth.
Rachel Fox, Port Washington Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
PreS. Lily gets into all kinds of mischief in this latest story about the lively young preschooler and her beloved toy companion, Blue Kangaroo, who acts as Lily's alter ego, excuse, and scapegoat. It's the toy's fault when Lily creates chaos in the house, makes her little brother cry, throws her things out the window, or hits Aunt Jemima . . . "It was you, Blue Kangaroo!" Lily says. Lily's mother works out the best way to stop the trouble: Blue Kangaroo must be punished and he cannot sleep with Lily. Then Blue Kangaroo teaches Lily to put things right. Clark's bright, clear pictures with lots of red and blue capture the slapstick, and preschoolers will love the scenes of chaotic disobedience. Just as appealing is the redemptive ending when Lily's toy draws a picture that says, "I'm sorry." Hazel Rochman
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