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Oi Duck-billed Platypus!

By Kes Gray
Series: Oi Frog and Friends
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In Oi Duck-billed Platypus! by Kes Gray, a whimsical world unfolds where animals discover their unique rhyming seats. This playful tale, perfect for young readers, creatively matches animals with unexpected rhyming items, sparking imagination and laughter as it teaches phonetic fun. The enchanting journey encourages children to engage with language in delightful and amusing ways.
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This charming children's book may appeal to you if you enjoy playful rhymes and delightful illustrations that entertain both children and adults. If you appreciate humour and inventive storytelling that engages young readers in guessing games and learning about animals, this book is a wonderful choice for a shared reading experience.

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Oi Duck-billed Platypus!

A brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book - jam-packed with animals and silliness! From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog!

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The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!

A brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book. Jam-packed with animals and silliness!

From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog. Over 1 million copies sold

Oi! Where are duck-billed platypuses meant to sit?

And kookaburras and hippopotamuses and all the other animals with impossible to rhyme with names...

Over to you, Frog!

'Laugh-aloud humour will have young readers in fits of giggles.' - Parents in Touch

Can't get enough? Look out for: Oi Frog, Oi Dog, Oi Cat, Oi Puppies.

Oi Frog and Friends is a top ten bestselling series. Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award, and been shortlisted for many more!

Series: Oi Frog and Friends

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Oi Duck-billed Platypus! is praised for its laugh-aloud humour and clever rhyming, making it a delightful read for young children. It continues the beloved series with charming characters and provides an engaging story that encourages discussion and laughter within families. The book is complemented by vivid illustrations, appealing to both toddlers and older children, and its playful language might even inspire budding poets.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444937329

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Illustration: full colour throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jim Field
  • Illustrated by Jim Field

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 397g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kes Gray Series: Oi Frog and Friends

About the Author

Kes Gray (Author)

Kes Gray is the bestselling author of the OI FROG AND FRIENDS series of books that has sold over 3 million copies and has been adapted into a theatre show. He is a multi-award-winning author with over 70 books published. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and loves to write books that will make children laugh out loud. He has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Kes is based in Essex.

Jim Field (Illustrator)

Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He has illustrated many bestselling children's books, including Oi Frog! (written by Kes Gray) and The Lion Inside (written by Rachel Bright). Jim is also the illustrator of the Rabbit and Bear series, J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday. He lives near Paris with his wife and daughter.

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