Lonely Platypus wants to play, but where should he go? Should he jump with the kangaroos? Leap with the possums? Fly with the bats? Every time he tries to find out—skipping, hopping, dipping, dropping—he winds up going splat instead. Can a SPLATypus find a place where he belongs? This rhyming, rollicking story is perfect for reading aloud.

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is an award-winning author whose books include Duck, Duck, Moose!, Chicks Run Wild, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!, Orangutangled, the Merida chapter book series, and more than forty other titles. Her books have been named to the Junior Library Guild, the CBC Children’s Choices finalist list, the California Readers Collections, the Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year list, and the Amelia Bloomer list. She lives in New Jersey. Learn more about her at www.sudipta.com.

Jackie Urbanovic was born in Michigan and grew up on the shores of Lake Erie. Since then she has been collecting M states: she has also lived in Minnesota, Maryland, and Massachusetts! She is an avid reader, book collector, and flea market junkie. She has always lived with dogs, cats, and birds, and she loves walking in the woods with her sweet pup, Nick. She is the author and illustrator of Prince of a Frog and Duck at the Door, the first book in her New York Times bestselling Max the Duck series. Learn more about her at www.jackieurbanovic.com.