by Mary Pope Osborne · Bayard Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782747018524
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«Au secours des kangourous» is the children's adventure novel by Mary Pope Osborne, published by Bayard Jeunesse in paperback (76 pages, in French).
Tom and Léa travel to Australia and discover its wildlife: emus, koalas and kangaroos. When wild dogs attack, a mother kangaroo flees and abandons her joey. The children try to help the little one while progressing on their mission to gather four gifts to free Teddy, a puppy under a spell, and learn fun facts about Australia.
Volume 19 of La Cabane magique; originally published as «Dingoes at Dinnertime» (Magic Tree House, No. 20). Illustrated by Philippe Masson. Translated by Marie-Hélène Delval.
Recommended for readers aged 6 to 9, especially those who enjoy adventure series with child protagonists.
Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. She had 3 other siblings, and moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will.
