Kodi's First Big Jump: Kodi the Kangaroo - New Zealand

A kangaroo's first big jump into the wide world - a tender bedtime picture book about courage, kindness, and finding a friend far from home. Tonight is Kodi's very first night away from home. He's a young kangaroo - too small for the big mob, too big for his mother's pouch - so she sews him a pouch of his own from his baby blanket and sends him out to see the wide, wide world. One enormous leap carries Kodi across the sea to a glowworm-lit forest in New Zealand, where he meets Kiri, a young kiwi bird learning to find her own dinner in the dark. Kodi wants to be brave. Kiri needs quiet. But when Kodi's loud, showy hops scatter every grub and beetle she's tracking, he learns that sometimes the biggest, bravest jump of all is the gentlest one. Why kids (and the grown-ups reading aloud) love it: - A rhythmic, read-aloud bedtime story with a findable moon on every spread for little listeners - A real animal-friendship story - kangaroo meets kiwi - set in a real place, New Zealand - Gentle lessons in courage, listening, and kindness that never feel like a lecture - Book 1 of a 12-book journey around the real world, with a new animal friend and one small keepsake tucked into Kodi's pouch at every stop - Full-color illustrations in a sturdy paperback picture book, ideal for ages 3-7 A tender, funny bedtime read-aloud about carrying home with you wherever you go - the first stop on Kodi's journey around the world. Perfect for: bedtime routines, story time, animal-loving kids, young travelers and geography fans, and gift-givers looking for a keepsake picture book for birthdays, baby showers, or new-sibling gifts. Ages 3-7 - Grades Preschool-2 - Book 1 of the Kodi the Kangaroo series