"This playful picture book introduces young readers to the fascinating world of octopuses big and small, ink-squirting and shape-shifting, all around the planet. With their super smarts and awe-inspiring abilities, octopuses have captivated human imaginations. This book is a celebration of all things weird and wonderful about these beloved creatures-with their eight arms, nine brains, and one-of-a-kind personalities. Inside, find lyrical poetry paired...

"There are about three hundred species of octopus, and they look very unlike each other. There are many different sizes--from less than one inch up to twenty feet long. There are also octopuses in lots of colors because their skin can change color to match their moods. Interesting facts and a rhythmic, rhyming verse combine with colorful illustrations to portray on of the most interesting animals in the world."--

During a school trip to the aquarium, Coral, a small girl with big dreams, finds a kindred spirit in a tiny octopus who knows being invisible is not always a bad thing.

Simon visits a fortune-telling seadragon who gives him an alarming, but incomplete prediction, that his friend Olive the octopus is in danger.

"Marcellus es un pulpo increíblemente curioso y descarado. Cada día, mucha gente pasa por delante de su tanque en el acuario de Sowell Bay, aunque pocos se detienen demasiado. En cambio, Tova, la limpiadora, le ha cogido cariño y, mientras barre, le cuenta cuánto echa de menos a su hijo, desaparecido hace treinta años en el mar. A Marcellus no se le escapa nada y es mucho más inteligente de lo que nadie podría imaginar, pero nunca se le ocurriría...

"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...

"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"--