Ka-pow! Kylie Kangaroo is ready to let her kickers fly at Koora's karate club. There's just one tricky trick—will Kylie ever learn to break a brick?
July 1, 2011
Though a couple of the story lines aren't so bad, the gimmick of packing the books with words that include the featured letter makes for a disjointed, distracting reading experience (varying where the letter sound appears in the word helps somewhat). Alley's illustrations try their best to downplay the animal mania. Unnecessary last-page features include animal facts and phonemic awareness activities.
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