PB RRP $12.99
ISBN 978 0 7344 1310 9
Reviewed
by Hilary Smillie
Following
the success of the in-house picture books, Come Fly with Captain Kangaroo (2011)
and Captain Kangaroo and the Great Balloon Race (2012), Lothian/Hachette
and Mandy Foot have again combined talents to produce a great companion
activity book. While the picture books are aimed at a younger flying audience,
many of the activities in Captain
Kangaroo's Activity Book will also interest and entertain the high end of
primary age children. Parents will enjoy helping the under-sevens solve the
puzzles and answer the questions, and may even find they have to stop
and think twice!
Mandy
Foot's colourful Aussie animal crew, luggage and hot air balloon illustrations
are featured as shiny stickers centre-page, and a set of colouring pencils is
attached to the easily-recognised cover with its white plane and Captain
Kangaroo in the cockpit. There are various black and white drawings waiting to
be coloured in, including a colour-by-numbers drawing to assist the
indecisive. A travel diary, a passport
to cut out once home and a word search puzzle based on air travel words are
just a few examples they kids will enjoy.
Captain Kangaroo's Activity Book is packed with fun and is a happy and
educational way to keep boredom in check
while in-flight. With 24 pages to choose from, kids are bound to be absorbed
for hours on end.
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