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Octopus shocktopus! / Peter Bently ; illustrated by Steven Lenton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First US editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781536223965
  • 1536223964
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village's children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come back?
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook BENTLY, PETER Checked out 06/06/2024 33111011020803
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook BENTLY, PETER Checked out 06/10/2024 33111010927685
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Charmingly silly...features bouncy, rhyming text that will enchant readers." -- Kirkus Reviews

An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village's children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come back?

"First published by Nosy Crow Ltd. (UK) 2020."--title page verso.

An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village's children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come back?

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