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TOO MANY KANGAROO THINGS TO DO!
Author: Stuart J. Murphy
​Illustrator: Kevin O'Malley​

Number of pages: 28
Publisher: HarperCollins (USA)
First published in: 1996
Format: Picturebook

Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes
Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (MathStart)
 
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Synopsis by the author/publisher
Poor Kangaroo! It's his birthday but everybody's too busy to play with him. Emu has to bake one cake (1 x 1), spread two colors of frosting (1 x 2), decorate the cake with three flowers (1 x 3) and add four big candles (1 x 4). That's 10 Emu things to do when you add them up. The two platypuses, three koalas and four dingoes are likewise occupied with multiple tasks. Multiply each group's tasks, then add the totals together and it equals…a party! By learning how to multiply by 1, 2, 3, and 4, children are introduced to multiplication, one of the four basic arithmetic operations.​

“"We each have to plan one game, hang two streamers, make three prizes, and blow up four big balloons."”

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​Recommended age range: 
6 years old + 

Relevant topics: 
Multiplication

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