Title: PlatypusesAuthor: Rebecca Hirsch
Lauren's Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
This informational text is all about platypuses. It talks about their life cycle, compares them to other animals, and describes the foods that they eat. It describes all of the characteristics of a platypus and explains why it is considered a mammal. Finally, it describes where the platypuses live and fun facts about them.
This is a book that does not consist of a story, but rather, describes different features of platypuses. It is directed towards children because of its excessive use of pictures, different colors, and fun facts on each page. The book has chapters. This could help children look up the information that they need for a project for school or help them if they wanted to locate something specific about this animal. The pictures in the book are real photographs of the animal. The book goes into great detail of this animal as well. The one aspect of the book that I liked the most was the fact that they compared platypuses to all sorts of other animals, such as beavers, giraffes, and otters. The comparison charts would be very helpful for a child. It would help a child differentiate different animals. This in turn would make learning easier. I would recommend this book to an older child that wants to learn more about platypuses or to a child that has to do a report on this animal.
Publisher: Lerner
Publication date: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4677-5581-8
Judging by your description and the photograph on the cover, this book looks like it is up-to-date and current. I love the clear, crisp photograph. I do not know much about platypuses, but I like that the text uses a comparison format.
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