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Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Incredible Octopus combines amazing photos with in-depth facts to get kids aged 7 and up excited about octopuses and the underwater world in which they live. Readers are introduced to the fascinating biology of the octopus, from its 3 hearts and 9 brains to suction cups and how they work, and learn all about what it's like to be an octopus!"--
Series
Fabien Cousteau expeditions volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Board an icebreaker with Fabien Cousteau and his team and explore the Arctic Circle to discover polar bears, puffins, whales, narwhals, and other fantastic wildlife. Then climb into a submersible and dive deep under the surface in this exciting expedition into the mysterious ocean depths.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
65) Deep sea
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An adventure that lets you swim alongside some of the most exotic creatures on the planet. Among them are Green Sea Turtles who gather off Kona so that Surgeonfish can strip harmful algae from their shells; an ominous, predatory Humboldt Squid that changes color four times per second like a flashing strobe light; and an underdog Mantis Shrimp, whose claws have the speed of a .22-caliber bullet, in battle against a hungry octopus.
66) Ollie feels fine
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Ollie, a colorful octopus! After a busy day, he learns that it is fine to feel all of his feelings and that it is okay to not always feel okay."--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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?
Author
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A glamorous birthday dinner in Los Angeles ends with the famous host dead and every guest under suspicion in this dark, cinematic suspense debut reminiscent of an Agatha Christie page-turner crossed with and David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. There's more than one way to capture a life. When actress Elspeth Bell attends the fiftieth birthday party of her ex-husband Richard Bryant, the famous Hollywood director who launched her career, all she wants...
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