Nyeu, Tao.
Summary: Four separate stories celebrate the many-legged friendship between Squid and Octopus as they disagree over how to stay warm, encourage each other, and fret over the contents of a fortune cookie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NYESteele, Michael Anthony
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2018
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Summary: "An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALLGuendelsberger, Erin
Summary: Out of this tank, I must be free. I must explore the open sea! Follow Inky the octopus as he escapes from the National Aquarium of New Zealand to the ocean! Based on a true story, Inky the Octopus chronicles the adventure that the real-life Inky might have taken on his escape to freedom in the open ocean!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WATAuerbach, Annie.
Summary: Nemo and his friends are getting ready for the Super Seaball Tournament and Pearl the octopus is reluctant to be on the team because she is not very good at sports. With everyones help and a lot of practice, she is the hero at the seaball game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction AuerbachStarr, Ringo
Summary: Presents a picture book rendering of the classic Beatles song and includes an accompanying CD recording and audio reading by the song's writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: When mommy octopus tells little Floyd that it is time for bed, he decides that his parents want help getting their baths and putting on their pajamas (not what Mommy-O meant)--soon all three are covered with water and bubbles, and his parents are so exhausted that they fall asleep before Floyd is in bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RINRylant, Cynthia.
Summary: Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION RylantVelasquez, Eric
Summary: Ramsey dons his superhero cape to rescue Grandma from the huge octopus she is trying to cook--or is he simply telling a story? Includes author's note on the story's origin and a recipe for Octopus stew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VELSummary: The Paw Patrol works to save an airplane with a broken wing and a baby octopus who has lost its mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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Summary: Octopus enjoys tickling other creatures, although most of them want him to stop, but one day his tickling causes big trouble and while he is trying to set things right, he discovers that he is good at doing other things, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2007
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Summary: Herman the helpful octopus is always willing to assist anyone who needs his help--old or young, friend or enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRAFraioli, James O.
Summary: Junior explorers Rocco and Olivia join Fabien Cousteau and his research team on an icebreaker in the Arctic Circle, seeking the rare dumbo octopus. Inserts include facts about the effects of climate change, people and animals of the Arctic, and ships thathave explored the area.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FRABrett, Jan
Summary: "Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BREHugo, Victor
Summary: The eternal conflict between the will of man and the power of nature, as expressed by the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUGScieszka, Jon.
Summary: Cowboy and Octopus maintain their friendship despite different opinions about things like beans and knock-knock jokes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION ScieszkaSummary: Marshall, Skye, Rubble, and the rest of Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol take to the sea to rescue Cap'n Turbot's sunken boat. Will they save the day, or will a giant octopus leave them high and dry?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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Summary: This glorious treasury brings together eight iconic tales by Tomi Ungerer, featuring well-known classics (The Three Robbers, Moon Man, Otto), acclaimed recent works (Fog Island), and lost gems (Zeralda's Ogre, Flix, The Hat, and Emile), some of which are being published for the first time in 50 years! Special features include a personal letter from Tomi, new quotes and anecdotes about each...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE UNGDiller, Kevin
Summary: Octicorn is back! Octi dreams of having a pool party. But what if no one comes? That would be the most embarrassing thing ever! So Octi sets out to have a party that will make everyone happy -- until he realizes that may just be a disaster waiting to happen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DILMayer, Mercer
Summary: An octopus struggles with misadventure when he leaves home but is relieved to know how and where to find a safe haven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MAYInches, Alison.
Summary: "Diego and Giant Octopus need your help to rescue sea animals from underwater volcanoes!"-- p. 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Inches 2009Dahl, Michael
Summary: Simone has always liked the room she sleeps in when she visits her great-aunt Glory, but this time the curtains remind her of an octopus reaching for her, and when she wakes her kitten has disappeared--and that is only one of the stories in this collection of chilling tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017