Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
959
Points per Word
0.000521
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This book looks at the first time the platypus was reported to the Western world, the public and scientific communities' reaction to it, the search for evidence, how the animal was finally recognised as a real species, and its status today.