Platypus

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School District, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 7, 2017

Review

This book offers a quiet, gentle look into the life of "one of the world's most puzzling animals." The information is offered in prose and through facts listed on every page. Additional information and an index are at the back of the book. Illustrations have a dreamy, almost surreal, feel to them and add nicely to the text. A lot of facts are given, including things I had never heard such as a male platypus has venomous spurs behind their back legs making them one of the few venomous mammals in the world. We are being asked more and more for informational texts for children. This will be a good one to give to children to fill that need and to pique their curiosity as well.

Overall Book Score: very good