The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta

Splatypus

32 pp. | Amazon/Two Lions | April, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5039-3920-2 $17.99

(3) PS Illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic. Platypus tries to play with the kangaroos, dingoes, possums, and fruit bats, but he never quite fits in, and his clumsiness earns him the name "Splatypus." Eventually, he discovers swimming with other aquatic animals and realizes where he belongs. The rhyming text is full of onomatopoeic tongue twisters ("HOBBLE, BOBBLE, WIGGLE, WOBBLE"). Comical illustrations prominently feature Platypus's blue feet and bill against dusty outback scenes.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth