TY - BOOK AU - Morecroft,Judith AU - Bancroft,Bronwyn TI - Malu Kangaroo: how the first children learnt to surf SN - 9781921272028 (hbk.) : PY - 2007/// CY - Surry Hills, N.S.W., London PB - Little Hare, Bounce! [distributor] KW - Surfing KW - Pictorial works KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Children's stories KW - gsafd KW - Picture Books KW - ukslc KW - Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories KW - thema KW - Children's picture books KW - Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places N2 - Malu Kangaroo, a kangaroo spirit, carves a piece of wood and takes it to some children playing on a beach. He floats it on the water and shows them how to use it. The children learn to balance and guide the board through the waves, 'riding the high crests' and 'flying before the crashing breakers'; This poignant story tells of how people first learned to surf through Malu Kangaroo, a kangaroo spirit, who carves a piece of wood and takes it to some children playing on a beach. He floats it on the water and shows them how to use it. The children learn to balance and guide the board through the waves "riding the high crests" and "flying before the crashing breakers." ER -