Frank P. Mahony

Dot and the Kangaroo by Ethel C Pedley (1860-1898) is an 1899 Australian children's book classic where it follows the story of a young five year old girl named Dot who gets lost in the outback of Australia and is helped by a red kangaroo. Whilst in the outbook, Dot is able to communicate with the kangaroo and other marsupials of Australia. The major theme of the book is negative human interference in the wild.