In Kangaroos' Lucky Escape, a rock-wallaby helps a mob of kangaroos e scape the danger of a bushfire. Kangaroos and wallabies are all macropod s (big-footed animals). They move by hopping, using their tails for bala nce. Kangaroos live on grassy plains. Their agile cousin, the roc k-wallaby, easily hops up and down the uneven slopes of its home in rock y, hilly country. About the Author: Rebecca Johnson is an award-winning primary school science teacher and has writt en more than 60 books for children.

The author has mostly written about people whose lives are a constant uphill struggle in an unforgiving world. These tales and poems relate to some good and some bad elements of human abilities and values. In some cases, it is a gentle story and in others, harsh.

English rose Sally Wiltshire is on a mission. She’s fallen in love with Australia and wants to live there. She’s also fallen for gorgeous Aussie hunk Rick. But to her dismay, Sally finds that Rick’s got himself a moody girlfriend since they last met - and is off limits. As Sally sets about finding a way to live long-term Down Under, she faces some tough challenges, as well as fun and frolics. As she is not a plumber or a brain surgeon, she is not eligible as a key worker on Australia’s list of essential professions. So, Sally decides there’s nothing for it, but to find a man to marry, to get herself a long-term visa. As an incurable romantic, she’d love to fall in love with Mr Right, be swept off her dainty feet and have a passport to Oz with the help of a true love-match. Would the elusive hunk, Rick, qualify as Mr Right? Or is there another ‘knight in shining armour’ waiting for her on the horizon? Or should she give up altogether on finding Mr Right and settle for an arranged marriage with a Mr Alright, alias Visa Man? Sally’s adventures in search of her quest for love and a visa take her on a rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills, laughter and sadness. She explores the varied nightlife of Sydney, takes a foray into the Australian bush with a suicidal maniac, sings a duet with a man and a dog and wonders about marrying a gay friend or a total stranger in her pursuit of happiness. Will Sally find Mr Right, or even Mr Alright, and be able to stay in Australia for good?

As a group of kangaroos, exhausted from trying to escape a fire, meets a dead end, a wallaby comes to the rescue.

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside’s true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That’s the common thread among the stories found in Out There—those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one’s life is necessarily hanging in the balance, something may go horribly awry at any moment, and that documenting this misfortune will inevitably yield rich comedic material or a surprisingly poignant moment. Or sometimes both. Out There chronicles fringe athletes, fitness freaks, and others obsessed by ill-advised dreams. It takes us to far-flung places no sane person would want to go. What ties this collection together are the incredible voices of legendary Outside contributors such as David Quammen, Tim Cahill, Susan Orlean, Wells Tower, Christopher Solomon, Patrick Symmes, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Nick Paumgarten, and many others, who turn their subjects into literary gold and have helped to keep Outside in business for more than forty years.

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and survival techniques of the kangaroo.