Marsupial Sue [With CD]

Ordered this book but as with other purchases staying a cd is included CD and score are missing.

This story captures the euphoria of childhood fun with true friends, and the challenge of finding that social success. Being yourself and finding yourself are the path to naturally finding your own social "kind". I bought the book because I love the song, and I love John Lithgow's kid's materials. The song is fantastic with a great message. Be yourself and find YOUR group - the people that are like you and will make your life joyful. I'm not sure why the "I got 2 Dogs" (aka Fanny and Blue) book came with a CD of the song and this book did not?! Whatever the case may be, buy Farkle and Friends by Lithgow and play it with the book. The song IS THE STORY.

This book was an instant hit with my two girls even before I put in the CD. After I put in the CD, my girls wanted to listen to it every day, over and over and over again. We even played "marsuplial sue" by acting out the events as the song played. I originally got it from the library but we are getting our own copy.

When I read this book to my kids, (3 and 5) they weren't too excited about the story, but when I realized there was a CD in the back, they were eager to hear the song. Now my 3 year old had the whole song memorized and we must read the book every night, with the CD. A great book, especially with the music to accompany it. I hope John does more.

Poor Marsupial Sue, she just hates being a kangaroo. All that hopping around gives her a backache, headache, sideache and even a tummyache, so she sets out to try and be something else. The life of a Koala looked good, until she fell out of the tree and living by the sea as a Platypus seemed nice, until she got sick eating all that seafood. She'd just have to try something else. Just then she sees a Wallaby. He looked a lot like Sue, only smaller and was having such a great time bouncing and flouncing and jouncing along, that she just had to join him and it was fun. So Sue learned the most important lesson of all: "Be happy with who you are./Don't ever stray to far from you./Get rid of that frown/And waltz up and down/beneath a marsupial star./If you're a kangaroo through and through,/Just do what kangaroos do."..... John Lithgow has written a silly, funny, joyous song and picture book, with a gentle message, that will delight youngsters with it's bouncy energy and lilting rhyme. His humorous text is complemented by Jack Davis' bold, bright and expressive artwork, full of charming detail and kids and adults alike will giggle as they watch Australia's sunglassed, hat wearing, Birkenstocked denizens do their thing. Complete with sheet music and CD, Marsupial Sue is perfect for youngsters 3-7 and is a book the entire family will enjoy reading and singing together and with its catchy waltzing rhythm, even dancing, too.

This is a charming book! I read it nightly to my daughter, but once we began listening to the CD, the book took on a new tone. The melody of the song is so lighthearted and uplifting that neither one of us can stop singing it. The story is a wonderful testament on being "who you are." I highly recommend it!