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1) Platypus
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This book introduces early readers to the platypus, a brown, furry animal with a large bill. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
2) Platypus
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What's that furry mammal with a bill? It's a platypus! Beginning readers will learn all about these strange yet wonderful creatures in this delightful title. They will also learn basic information about platypuses, including how they catch food by picking up electrical signals and how they lay eggs! Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and eye-catching...
3) Platypus
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A platypus leaves its burrow and waddles towards a river. It dives down and pokes the muddy bottom with its flat bill. The platypus surfaces to eat its catch and dives again! Whether on land or underwater, platypuses are awesome! In this series, readers will learn about animals that are adorable, weird, and especially awesome! Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. Eye-catching...
4) Platypus
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A short novel. The book follows the story of Cyrus, a man that finds himself in quite the peculiar predicament. For reasons, and by methods he cannot comprehend, he is repeatedly transported to a disturbing, bizarre location where he is subjected to unspeakable horrors, and where he encounters characters that defy all reason, and where nothing that happens ever makes any sense, at all. Is it all just a bad dream? He sets about uncovering the secrets...
5) Platypus
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The platypus is one strange-looking animal! These mammals have duck-like bills, beaver-like tails, otter-like bodies, and even venomous stingers on their webbed feet! Find out how these bizarre animals use their unique features in this title for beginning readers.
6) Platypus
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This title covers basic information about platypuses, one of Australia's most unique and rare animals! Information in this title covers a platypus's habitat, diet, habits, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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HarperCollins
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2013
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Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked When a call comes in about a crime down at the docks involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle bag full of illegal fish, Zengo and O’Malley are going to have to learn to set their differences aside if they want to get to the bottom of this. Especially when the clues all point to Frank Pandini Jr., Kallamazoo’s first son and its most powerful, well-respected businessman. Fans of Adam Rex, Jon...
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When Kangaroo falls into the river on her daily hop, she startles an animal with a flat bill. But it's not her friend Duck. In fact, it's a creature she's never seen before. Sharp claws . . . brown, shiny fur . . . could she have discovered a River Monster?
Kangaroo is one small animal in a big, wonderful world, and each day brings a new adventure. Playful, rhyming text and lively imagery help beginning readers follow along as Kangaroo explores her...
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What has a bill like a duck's and the body of a beaver? A platypus, probably. Engaging text follows a female platypus through her life, while sidebars offer in-depth information about this unique monotreme and her environment. Vivid, accurate illustrations capture the wonder of this amazing creature.
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Brave Dave the Platypus is the bush animals hero, nothing is too much trouble or dangerous for Our Dave. He always comes up with inventive ideas to solve the problems, that the animals who live near the waterfall, often get themselves into. In this book, Scud the water rat, in a freak accident during the flood, is trapped under a log in the creek. Can Brave Dave save him in time?
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Pitter Pat is a platypus that wears many hats, and on his journey to the laundry mat, he encounters many animals that may be able to benefit from his particular sense of style. Pitter Pat is very understanding and sees the impact that even the smallest amount of help can bring to others in the community. This is a book centered on friendship and sharing, and it focuses on a multitude of animal characters that have problems only to be solved through...
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Platypus shifter, April, always assumed there were more shifters than just her, but has never been able to find them. Until three wolves turn up at her door, determined to take her back to the mountain and the rest of the shifters there. But April has dreams, and won't be so easy to convince, even if they are her fated mates. Will she deny fate, or will she give in to the pull between them?-The Platypus and Her Wolves is a standalone steamy paranormal...
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This series describes animals that were once thought to be myths or hoaxes. This book looks at the platypus: the first time it was reported to the Western world, the public and scientific community's reaction to it, the search for evidence, how the animal was finally recognised as a real species, and its current status today. There is also some information about the platypus's life and what makes it special or different.
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Welcome to the amazing world of Platypus Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book to be amazed by Platypus.
You will find Platypus in nature with pictures to include the many Platypus species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts. Platypus Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 90 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Platypus with facts and color photos.
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How do we know a cat is a cat . . . and why do we call it a cat? In Kant and the Platypus, the renowned semiotician, philosopher, and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum explores the question of how much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources. In six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his...
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The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are, echoed in nature. All mammal mothers feed, protect, and teach their young- tasks that often challenge their own needs for survival. With beautiful illustrations and inventive text, this fascinating introduction reveals how fourteen mammals' babies travel the path from helpless infant to self-sufficient adults.
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka is back with The Ostrich Conspiracy, the second installment in a fast-paced, action-packed, and hilarious middle-grade series featuring two platypus detectives, perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, and Lunch Lady. The opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome-the world's largest indoor amusement complex-has everyone in the city buzzing, especially because it's going to be the shooting site for Chase Mercy's new blockbuster...
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From Jarrett J. Krosoczka comes Last Panda Standing, the third installment in the hilarious, high-action illustrated middle grade series featuring two platypus detectives, perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, and Jarrett's own Lunch Lady series.
The Kalamazoo City mayoral race is heating up, and Frank Pandini Jr. has been threatened by a mysterious assailant. He requests a special Platypus Police Squad protection detail: Detective...
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