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Staying busy has helped Tova cope ever since her son disappeared decades ago. So when her husband dies, she takes a job at the aquarium, where she meets Marcellus, an octopus that deduces what happened to her son.
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...
2) Crime wave!
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English
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Superman, Batman and the rest of their CD Super Friends team up to stop the nefarious Black Manta, who has stolen the world's largest pearl and unleashed a deadly giant octopus.
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[2022]
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Did you know that some octopuses and squid make their own light? This amazing ability is called bioluminescence. Some glow to attract mates, scare off predators, or find food. Look inside to learn all about bioluminescent octopuses and squid-and get ready for a glow show! This book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and a feature about related glowing creatures"--
4) The mermaid
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"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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English
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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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2022.
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English
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"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"--
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm + 2 sheets of stickers.
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English
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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?
10) Octopuses
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English
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Describes octopuses including their different types, their habitat, food, how they move, their babies, and the dangers facing them.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Meet cuttlefish that can camouflage themselves, octopuses that outsmart their predators, and squid that patrol the deep in this cool fact-filled reader. Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about cephalopods, from inking, to hunting, to coconut carrying. Squish along with squid, camouflage with cuttlefish, and marvel at magnificent octopuses.
12) My octopus arms
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2013.
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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Little Crab asks what an octopus can do with his eight arms and gets a surprising, rhyming, reply.
14) Up in the air!
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[2018]
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18, 24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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The PAW Patrol works to save an airplane with a broken wing and a baby octopus who has lost its mother.
15) Tickly octopus
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English
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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.
16) Octopants
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English
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A young octopus is embarrassed that he doesn't have any pants to wear! He goes to several stores in the sea, but none of them has what he needs. Then one day he discovers the Under-Sea Emporium that seems to have the perfect items for everyone. Will he finally find something that's just right for him?
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
Description
In her Octopus Kindergarten class, little Mimi is the only one who can not change her color to camouflage, but when she gets lost she discovers that being small is sometimes an advantage.
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