Scharnhorst, Becky
Summary: A young girl tries to get her octopus, who would much rather stay home, ready for school. Includes facts about octopuses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHLehrhaupt, Adam
Summary: Shark and his octopus friend Blue play hide-and-seek together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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Summary: While exploring Coral Jungle, Simon Seahorse and his best friend Olive Octopus encounter a shark named Zelda who invites them to her mother's birthday party at Shark Point--and Simon not only has a unique school report, but the makings of an exciting story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REEAllen, Elanna
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!
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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 WATStarr, 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STAAuerbach, 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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Summary: While spending the day at the beach, Daisy's imaginary friend Posey turns her into a mermaid and they help a lost octopus reunite with her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ANNKousky, Vern
Summary: "A small yellow octopus hatches from his egg and begins searching for something he is certain he is missing on an undersea adventure that leads to new friendships along the coast, an exploration of a sunken shipwreck and the discovery of a loving family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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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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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 Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RYLVelasquez, 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 VELGalloway, Ruth
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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GalloKraus, Robert
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 KRAMeloy, Maile
Summary: "An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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Summary: "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 / Publication Date: MCD 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction NaylerMarinov, Isabelle
Summary: The world was too bright for Leo. And too loud. "I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a curmudgeonly giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium--and, when a mysterious grifter comes to town, the truths all three unlock 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,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2020
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Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2022
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Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 0000