Includes index.

Large leapers -- Meet these marsupials -- Home sweet home -- Built to bounce -- Hopping to it! -- A mob scene -- Staying safe -- Chew on this! -- Keeping cool -- Starting a family -- Pouch babies -- Roo rider -- Growing up and out! -- Off into the world -- Monster marsupials -- All kinds of kangaroos -- Australia's symbol -- Rescuing roos -- Kangaroo family tree.

Did you know that kangaroos are the only large animals that hop to move -- or that they are unable to jump backward? Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal - from birth to adulthood -- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment.