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But will they let him join

ROSS COLLINS

A platypus comes to a zoo.

their crew?

From the creator of

There’s a Bear on My Chair winner of the

Amnesty CILIP Honour 2016

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shortlisted for the

CILIP Kate Greenaway Award 2016

RO S S C O L L I N S

For Corra and Cairn – this zoo is for you First published 2017 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, Baden Place, Crosby Row London SE1 1YW www.nosycrow.com This edition published 2017 ISBN 978 0 85763 895 3 Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd. Text and illustrations copyright © Ross Collins 2017 The right of Ross Collins to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work has been asserted.

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ROS S CO L L I N S

For Corra and Cairn – this zoo is for you First published 2017 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, Baden Place, Crosby Row London SE1 1YW www.nosycrow.com This edition published 2017 ISBN 978 0 85763 895 3 Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd. Text and illustrations copyright © Ross Collins 2017 The right of Ross Collins to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work has been asserted.

All rights reserved.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Nosy Crow Ltd. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Printed in Turkey Papers used by Nosy Crow are made from wood grown in sustainable forests.

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ROS S CO L L I N S

Hello, come in.

How do you do?

Have you come for the interview?

A

platypus!

That’s strange and new!

You’re meeting Panda f irst – go through.

Hello, come in.

How do you do?

Have you come for the interview?

A

platypus!

That’s strange and new!

You’re meeting Panda f irst – go through.

I’m special, rare and famous too.

To get me here was quite a coup.

But you don’t even eat bamboo!

I think, this zoo is not for you.

I’m special, rare and famous too.

To get me here was quite a coup.

But you don’t even eat bamboo!

I think, this zoo is not for you.