Shy the Platypus (Young Australia Series)

by Leslie Rees

Book Overview

Written for children from 5 to 8 years old. Lovely water-color illustrations. The story of a baby platypus from her time in the nest until she prepares a nest of her own. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0207135355
• ISBN13: 9780207135354
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Angus & Robertson
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

excellant book for young readers

My Australian aunt sent me this book as a present when I was 9 and I still have very warm memories of the story and the beautifully life like pictures. Its a story about the life cycle of a female platypus. The reader starts with Shy's birth in a dark underground home, to her playful love affair with a male platypus, a fight between her 2 suitors and then the advancing death of Shy's beloved mother. There is also a flood and the young reader learns how nature and the life cycle affect lives. It is a sensitively written book that helps relate to children the cycles of our own lives. Its a shame the book is now out of print.