It looks like a bear, but isn’t one. It climbs trees as easily as a monkey—but isn’t a monkey, either. It has a belly pocket like a kangaroo,but what’s a kangaroo doing up a tree? Meet the amazing Matschie’s tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea’s cloud forest. Scientists in the Field.
Related: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780618496419
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Illustrator: Bishop, Nic
- Published: 2006, Houghton Mifflin
- Themes: Animals, Scientists
- Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 80