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"An investigation of the emotional and physical world of the octopus"--
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect, " about her friendship with a sensitive,...
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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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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors. Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none is as captivating as the octopus. In Many Things Under a Rock, marine biologist David Scheel investigates four major mysteries about these elusive beings. How can we study an animal with perfect camouflage and secretive habitats? How does...
4) Octopuses
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Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"A look at octopuses, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their suckered arms, behaviors, relationships with humans, and mysterious status in the world today"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"--
10) Poor little guy
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2021.
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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Series
Penguin (Salina Yoon) volume 8
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Worried about his new friend, a shy octopus named Ollie, Penguin recruits the other animals to help look for him, and discovers something more precious than treasure.
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Series
Lighthouse family volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
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
20) The mermaid
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"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"-- Publisher.
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