Platypus

This nonfiction account follows an Australian platypus through a typical day, from leaving its riverbank burrow to diving into a pool. It explains the animal’s unusual mix of features: a ducklike bill and webbed feet, a beaverlike tail, a reptilelike walk, egg-laying, venom, and milk production. Realistic watercolor illustrations accompany concise text, while smaller-type notes add facts on every page.