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Once, a long time ago, a tiny meteorite fell through the sky and hit Duck-billed Platypus with a BONK on her head. "Oh, no!" cried Duck-billed Platypus. "The sky is falling down! QUICK! EVERYBODY HIDE!"But everybody else didn't want to hide. Not Brontosaurus or Stegosaurus or...
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Perfect for reading aloud, this hilarious picture book explores why the dinosaurs were wiped out by a giant meteor, while the wise, but often underestimated, duck-billed platypus survived.
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Once, a long time ago, a tiny meteorite fell through the sky and hit Duck-billed Platypus with a BONK on her head. "Oh, no!" cried Duck-billed Platypus. "The sky is falling down! QUICK! EVERYBODY HIDE!"But everybody else didn't want to hide. Not Brontosaurus or Stegosaurus or Spinosaurus or Torosaurus or even Anklyosaurus. Instead, they all decided to RUN!And yet, the sky kept falling down. It was a calamity! A catastrophe! It was surely the end of the world!There was only one thing for it . . . Duck-pilled Platypus would have to leave the dinosaurs and find somewhere to hide on her own . . .
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ISBN: 9781444974072
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 253.0mm
Height: 281.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Em Lynas (Author)
Em Lynas is a children's author with a love of silly poetry, magic, dragons and folklore. Em has been a shelf stacker, a shoe shop assistant, a primary school teacher, a mum, an educational publisher and now, an author of funny books. She lives by the seaside on the North East coast with her husband.Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Illustrator) Chris Naylor-Ballesteros is originally from the North of England but now lives in France with his wife and children. His books have won the English Association's Picture Book Award and have been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and Oscar's Book Prize.Also by Em Lynas
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