Books with title Joey the Baby Kangaroo

Lucy has some very strange neighbors with horns, humps, tails, and trunks. That's because Lucy lives next door to the zoo! Every night, she climbs down the long neck of Georgina the Giraffe and listens to one of them tell her a story. Joey is a little kangaroo who lives in Australia. But Joey has problems doing the one thing all kangaroos are famous for—jumping! Will he learn to jump like a real kangaroo before the Junior Jump Competition? His friends tease him and his parents can't believe it, but then Ribit the Frog gives him some advice and lends him some magic jumping boots. Soon Joey can jump taller and higher than all the others—but will they let him enter the competition with boots on?

Joey is a cat born without front legs who learns that he can do everything the other animals in his home can do, he just has to do them in his own way. In addition to telling a compelling story, this book has two goals: 1) teach children who have disabilities or otherwise feel different that they can still forge incredible paths, and 2) illustrate a story that most families, regardless of their backgrounds, can empathize with. The authors tested what every page would look like for various forms of colorblindness. They also included cat-inspired renditions of famous paintings, a book on almost every page, and questions to get children excited about art and reading.