Platypus Media is an independent publisher dedicated to creating and distributing materials about family life. We want to be the premier source of products that have a broad appeal to families from different cultures and backgrounds who believe in the importance of family closeness to the full and healthy development of children. Our goal is to bring products to the market that parents love, children enjoy, teachers appreciate, and parenting professionals value.
All Platypus Media books for young readers have an Activity Guide. The Guides give adults projects, experiments, and ideas for expanding and extending the concepts in the book. They include craft activities, science experiments, writing exercises, and more content on the themes in each book. These Guides are available free. Just download them and get busy!
Platypus Media is pleased to distribute Science, Naturally! titles!
Platypus Media in the News
Dia Michels on NPR
October 28, 2008 -- Platypus Media founder and president, Dia L. Michels, made her national radio talk show debut recently. On October 28, 2008, Dia was a guest on Tell Me More with Michel Martin. Tell Me More brings fresh voices and perspectives to public radio. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is aired on National Public Radio stations nationwide. Dia participated in a 20-minute segment on Halloween.
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