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Platypus

This new edition to the Nature Storybooks series is about one of Australia's most puzzling and unique animals - the platypus. Platypus leaves his burrow in the riverbank and dives into the cool green pool. It is dusk and he is hungry. Platypus is always busy, always moving, looking for his next...

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Main Author: Whiting, Sue 1960- (Author)
Other Authors: Jackson, Mark (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Platypus > Juvenile nonfiction.
Picture books.
Summary: This new edition to the Nature Storybooks series is about one of Australia's most puzzling and unique animals - the platypus. Platypus leaves his burrow in the riverbank and dives into the cool green pool. It is dusk and he is hungry. Platypus is always busy, always moving, looking for his next meal. Follow platypus as he plays, swims, dives and scurries around his riverbank home.--
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: 29 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Audience: Ages 5+
ISBN: 9780763680985
0763680982
Author Notes: Sue Whiting is a former teacher who divides her time between working as a children's-book editor and writing books for young people. She lives near Sydney, Australia.

Mark Jackson is the illustrator of several picture books, including Python by Christopher Cheng and Bilby by Edel Wignell. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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