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    Platypuses
    Platypuses
    Platypuses
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    Platypuses

    By Megan Borgert-Spaniol

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    Among the world’s unusual animals, the platypus resembles a duck, beaver, and otter. Most graceful underwater, these mammals have all the tools necessary, from goggles and webbed feet, to a paddle for a tail. Swim along in this platypus-packed title for reluctant readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBellwether Media
    Release dateAug 1, 2015
    ISBN9781681030548
    Platypuses
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    Megan Borgert-Spaniol

    Megan Borgert-Spaniol is a writer and editor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She likes to write about food, animals, and human nature. She also loves dreaming up fun characters and telling their stories.

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