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"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence"--
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
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"A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is"--
Author
Series
Teeny weenies volume 5
Publisher
Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Summer is here-and so are the Teeny Weenies!
David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he's back with a new collection-Teeny Weenies: The Eighth Octopus-just in time for school break! Perfect for the summer holidays, these fun and freaky tales will keep you on the edge of your seat all season long.
Young chapter book readers ages 7 to 10, reluctant readers, and fans of very short stories will be entertained and delighted by these...
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
During a visit to her great-aunt Glory, Simone is frightened of the moving curtains in the room where she sleeps. Like the movement of an octopus, the curtains curl and wave in the light breeze. As the night goes on, the curtains begin to look more and more like a pale, tentacled creature. But surely it is just Simone's imagination . . . Read this collection of scary stories to find out what happens to Simone and many others.
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Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village's children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come...
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Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
What do you do when an octopus captures Grandma? Put on your superhero cape and rescue her! Award-winning Afro-Latino artist Eric Velasquez's delightfully meta story is now in Spanish. A Bank Street Best Children s Picture Book of the Year in Spanish! The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. "¡Tenga cuidado!" Ramsey shouts. "Be careful!" But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to...
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Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
42 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his crew expresses doubts about the existence of the octo-shark, a creature that is half octopus and half shark, Captain Banana Beard of the Nearly Fearless Monkey Pirates and his crew set out on a hunt to find the mythical monster--but the search nearly turns all of them into an octo-shark lunch.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether searching for its next meal or avoiding becoming a meal, an octopus is an underwater master through color camouflage, or by spewing a cloud of obscuring ink, or by sacrificing a limb, or squeezing its boneless body into or through unlikely spaces. Includes resources and activities for teachers and parents"--
14) Shy ones
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
He's not the type to stand out. In fact, unless you were looking for him, you wouldn't know he was missing at all. But you know us, the shy ones, we can always spot one another. This delicate picture book about a quiet little octopus that keeps to himself in a school of lively fish explores the topic of shyness and friendship. Stunningly illustrated by bestselling creator of Hug Me, Simona Ciraolo, this book is sure to resonate with young children...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Spanish language edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
El pulpo vivía feliz en su cueva submarina hasta que un día, un buzo lo captura y lo lleva a vivir a un acuario. Los humanos le dan comida y le ponen pruebas que parecen juguetes. Pero todos los días son iguales, y el pulpo pronto se cansa de la vida cautiva. Y así, al amparo de la oscuridad, emprende un escape audaz. Maile Meloy y Felicita Sala nos traen una historia llena de emoción y sentimiento, sobre la exaltación de conquistar la libertad...
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow one of the ocean's most mysterious animals in this warm but candid look at its dramatic life cycle, from the creators of The Nest That Wren Built.
18) Dragon dreams
Author
Series
Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simon visits a fortune-telling seadragon who gives him an alarming, but incomplete prediction, that his friend Olive the octopus is in danger.
Author
Series
Zeus the mighty volume 5
Publisher
Under the Stars/National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Plunge into stormy waters with Zeus the hamster and his gaggle of gods as they meet a shape-shifting soothsayer and uncover the mysteries of the deep in the spellbinding fifth book in this hilarious romp through Greek mythology. After an earthquake rocks the Aegean Sea, Zeus and Demeter set sail in a not-so-seaworthy vessel to find out what really happened. When their ship is capsized by a slithering sea monster, the duo find themselves trapped in...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
All is quiet in the deep blue sea until a tiny pink fish is mistaken for something scary. EEK! There's a great big fish hiding in the deep! A rumor grows, and readers discover a color with every new fish entangled in the mayhem. The red octopus was really rattled, which petrified the purple fish and startled the blue shoal. Soon, the whole ocean is stirred into a frenzy and flees into a deep, dark cave. But, uh-oh! That's no cave at all!
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