"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"--

Simone has always liked the room she sleeps in when she visits her great-aunt Glory, but this time the curtains remind her of an octopus reaching for her, and when she wakes her kitten has disappeared--and that is only one of the stories in this collection of chilling tales.

A young girl tries to get her octopus, who would much rather stay home, ready for school. Includes facts about octopuses.

"Eleven-year-old Elliot is having a dismal pandemic summer when suddenly he's caught in the bubble of one of his own dreams and is transported to another world, controlled by evil butterflies, where the sun doesn't shine. Along with his octopus sidekick, Elliot discovers the reason for these butterflies-gone-wrong and realizes that things must be set right if he is ever to find the way home. An epic middle-grade fantasy about discovering your true...

"The solitary and ingenious octopus is a master of disguise and invention, creating her den out of the objects of the ocean, from shells and rocks to tiny glass shards. Using creative methods of hunting and construction, the octopus prepares for the biggest task of her life: motherhood. With one last, poignant gesture of love, the mother octopus sends her hatchlings on their way, starting a new cycle for the baby octopuses"--Publisher. Includes back...

Zeus the hamster and his team of Olympians travel to the aquatic realm of Poseidon, where they fight to regain the pufferfish's throne from the usurper Proteus--a mimic octopus and the newest addition to the pet shop.

"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"--

Frankie was a completely normal pet goldfish until Tom's evil-scientist big brother Mark tried to murder him with toxic gunk! Luckily Tom and his best friend Pradeep shocked Frankie back to life with a battery, and he's been their zombie-fishy friend ever since. On a trip to the aquarium, something fishy starts going on. Something that almost certainly involves evil older brothers, a vampire kitten, a psychic octopus and a plot to take over the world....

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!

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.