Marsupial Sue Book and CD

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Summary: I Gotta' Be Me, I Gotta' Be Me
Review: Above all else, children's story books should be intelligent, and Marsupial Sue has smarts in her pouch! This charming book with accompanying sheet music and CD taps into what we should begin to teach our children as soon as they can understand the spoken/written word, and that is to be who we are and not to be dissatisfied with who we are. Of course, we should be the best person we can be should be the message of John Lithgow's next book!

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Summary: Most Creative, Humorous AND Enlightening BRAVO Lithgow!
Review: I am thrilled to find a book of such delightful artwork, (the depiction of Marsupial Sue and her Love Beads and Birkenstocks is hilarious), terrific singing lessons and meaningful message - BE HAPPY WITH WHO YOU ARE - all rolled into one great book.

This book is a joy to own and to sing with your child and is a must for your children's personal libraries as well as gifts to any child you care about. On the way home from the library, my four year old son discovered the CD in this book and we began to listen. We LOVED it from the start. We also enjoyed the instrumental version that followed John's singing because it immediately encouraged us to recall the song and the words and to learn. What an ingenious idea for encouraging children to learn and sing something that is definitely a little challenging, different and fun, all at the same time! We were highly impressed with Mr. Lithgow's awards for this book and for its support of the Save the Music Foundation - a non-profit organization supporting music education for children.

We are buying this book and will next seek out each of Mr. John Lithgow's other works - the Manatee and Farkle McBride and any other that he produces - to own for our son's personal collection. A TREASURE.

Bravo, John Lithgow & Jack Davis! Encore, please!

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Summary: This book's a hit!!
Review: I bought a copy of this book for my 6 year old daughter and also purchased one for her kindergarten teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week. My daughter loved it. She read it everyday for over a week. That was over 6 months ago and it's still one of her favorites. The story is great and delivers a great message in terms of self-acceptance. The illustrations are wonderful. And the best part of all is the CD that comes with it. The story is sung by the author, John Lithgow himself. You can't listen without smiling. The book and CD were also a great hit with her kindergarten class. The kids asked for it on a daily basis!! They all soon learned the lyrics of the song! I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: John Lithgow is Great an Excellent Children's book!!
Review: This is a great book for Kids and Parents. It is a great story and the CD is the best! This is a very fun book to read or to listen to! John Lithgow will do great as a writer!

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Summary: A darling book
Review: This is such a cute story about a kangaroo who is not happy being a kangaroo. She learns the lesson of acceptance of ourselves just as we are. The musical CD is as cute as can be and John Lithgow does a great job of singing the lyrics.

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Summary: Please don't stop creating these books Mr Lithgow!!!!
Review: We LOVE this book!!! It's wonderful as a song OR poem. The music is set to a waltz. My kids and I love to put the CD on and dance to the music. When the CD is over, I always hear..."AGAIN!!!"

Marsupial Sue is a beautifully illustrated, lovable Kangaroo. She meets lots of adorable animals on her quest to become someone else. In the end, she realizes being a kangaroo is really pretty great.

It's amazing that Mr. Lithgow can deliver an important message ("be yourself") that you don't realize you're learning because you're having SOOOO much fun.

I must also HIGHLY recommend "I'm a Manatee".