"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces platypuses to young readers through leveled text and related photos"-- Provided by publisher.

Because Australia is an island that broke away from a larger land mass about 200 million years ago, animals on the secluded continent developed separately, and platypuses are a prime example. Readers learn that a platypus can stay underwater for one or two minutes at a time, has two coats of fur to help it keep warm, and lives on land in a burrow. Full-color photos include an image of two baby platypuses.

The election celebrations of a new Kalamazoo City mayor are overshadowed by a crime spree and the activities of a mysterious hulking creature that are baffling detectives Zengo, O'Malley, and Cooper.

"Simple text and photographs present platypuses, how they look, where they live, and what they do"--Provided by publisher.

"Having escaped from Australia's Adelaide Zoo, an orphaned platypus named Albert embarks on a journey through the outback in search of "Old Australia," a rumored land of liberty, promise, and peace. What he will find there, however, away from the safe confinement of his enclosure for the first time since his earliest memories, proves to be a good deal more than he anticipated. Alone in the outback, with an empty soft drink bottle as his sole possession,...

Presents information about various adaptations that mammals have made to survive in their habitat, including the long necks of giraffes, the flat teeth of cows, and the hump of a camel.

"When Candace is abducted by aliens, Phineas and Ferb team up with Perry the Platypus and Dr. Doofenshmirtz for an interstellar rescue mission that is complicated by Candace's reluctance to return to Earth"-- Provided by publisher.

When you feel like a fish - or a platypus - out of water, just remember: sometimes good things come in weird packages.

When Jodi's mother has to be away from home for three days on a work trip, she is reassured of her mother's love by the special messages she opens each day her mother is away.