How to get your octopus to school by Scharnhorst, Becky 

BTSB Prebound(Flamingo Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 782506 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: M

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Octopuses - Fiction Humorous fiction School stories

Summary: Getting your octopus to school won't be easy. He would much rather stay home with you and play hide-and-seek or dress-up. But you know your octopus will love school if he gives it a chance.

How to put an octopus to bed by Rinker, Sherri Duskey 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 754755 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Octopuses - Fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction Bedtime - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: When mommy octopus tells little Floyd that it is time for bed, he decides that his parents want help getting their baths and putting on their pajamas (not what Mommy-O meant)--soon all three are covered with water and bubbles, and his parents are so exhausted that they fall asleep before Floyd is in bed.

Inky's great escape : the incredible (and mostly true) story of an octopus escape by Lyall, Casey 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 590874 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-9   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Octopuses - Fiction Escapes - Fiction

Summary: An octopus named Inky escaped from the National Aquarium of New Zealand and made its way through a drain pipe and out into the sea. This book is a fictionalized account of this true story.

Journey under the Arctic [Fabien Cousteau Expeditions]by Fraioli, James O. 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 245996 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 800 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Cousteau, Fabien, - Fiction Graphic novels Octopuses - Fiction Rare animals - Fiction Scientists - Fiction Arctic regions - Fiction

Summary: Junior explorers Rocco and Olivia join Fabien Cousteau and his research team on an icebreaker in the Arctic Circle, seeking the rare dumbo octopus. Inserts include facts about the effects of climate change, people and animals of the Arctic, and ships that have explored the area. In graphic novel format.

Mermaid by Brett, Jan 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2017)

BTSB #: 149248 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.4 LG Lexile: 540 AD

Genres: Fairy Tales Animals

Subjects: Mermaids - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Octopus stew by Velasquez, Eric 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 907171 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction Hispanic Americans - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: 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.

Pen pals by Pichard, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2017)

BTSB #: 716459 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
RC: 2.4 K-2 Lexile: 610 AD

Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Pen pals - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction Ants - Fiction

Summary: Bill, an octopus, and Oscar, an ant are paired up for a school project and write letters back and forth to learn about each other's lives.

Penguin and Ollie by Yoon, Salina 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 973667 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Penguins - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Buried treasure - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Pulpo guisado by Velasquez, Eric 

PaperbackSPANISH(Holiday House, 2022)

BTSB #: 907157 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Humorous fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: 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. In Spanish.