What’s Up, Maloo? – When Maloo stops hopping, his family, friends and community are worried. What made him stop? Why won’t he start again? This wonderful and whimsical book for little ones is a great introduction to story telling, repetition, counting and onomatopoeia words. Your whole family will fall in love with Maloo.
What’s It About
Maloo is an expert hopper. There is not a kangaroo who can hop like Maloo, until one day Maloo just does not want to hop anymore. What’s up with Maloo? His friends try to motivate him to get back to hopping. With the encouragement of his friends, will this kangaroo find the spring in his step again? Author and illustrator Genevieve Godbout brings you into Maloo’s world with her whimsical illustrations and empathetic language.
Your young children will be able to read along with you in this book. The story telling helps children identify words and repetition and repeat them. It also brings empathetic moments as the children will not know why this kangaroo stops jumping but that a kind guidance and encouragement can make anyone feel like they are not alone. Your children will learn onomatopoeia words, which is important for expression and identifying sounds.
All in all, this book is a wonderful story about feelings, friendship and community.
Extra Credit
Have your children identify a time where they were feeling sad and needed their family and close friends around them. Similarly, was there a time that they helped a family member or friend when they were feeling down? How did they do it? What was the result?
