The Duck and The Kangaroo
By: by Edward Lear ; illustrated by Jane Wattenberg.
Contributors: Wattenberg, Jane, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780061366833; 9780061366840
Subjects: Nonsense verses
Genres: Picture book
First sentence: Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, "Good Gracious how you hop!"
Description: From the author of THE OWL and THE PUSSYCAT and from the photo-illustrator of HENNY-PENNY, NEVER CRY WOOF! and the MRS. MUSTARD books comes this endearing love poem about a DUCK and a KANGAROO.
“My life is a bore in this nasty pond, and I long to go out in the world beyond.  I wish I could hop like you,” said the Duck to the Kangaroo. 
In this book, Jane Wattenberg has woven several of Edward Lear's very own paintings of animals (find a turtle, squirrel, parrot and owl), as well as bits of paintings from many other naturalist artists 1550-1850, into the pages of her evocative photo-collage illustrations. 
This is a beautiful, emotive and loving interspecies friendship, LEAR-ical and ro0-mantic!
Notes: Endpaper notes about Edward Lear and the Naturalist Artists included in this book.