It Was You, Blue Kangaroo

Emma Chichester Clark. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-385-74623-6

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. (Aug.)

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