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1) Octopus soup
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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An octopus struggles with misadventure when he leaves home but is relieved to know how and where to find a safe haven.
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Goodreads Choice Awards - Debut Novel Nominees 2022
Goodreads Choice Awards - Fiction Nominees 2022
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NYT - Hardcover Fiction
Goodreads Choice Awards - Fiction Nominees 2022
NYT - Audio Fiction
NYT - Hardcover Fiction
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"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"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
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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"--
8) Octopus stew
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1 volume (unpaged), 2 folded-out pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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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.
9) The mermaid
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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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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Monty the Malodorous is a daring pirate. He is brave. He is bold. He is feared by all who sail the six or seven seas. But Monty has a secret: he can't swim. He never goes into the ocean and he never takes a bath. Real pirates don't bathe. "Yar-har-har" he says. But things change when he meets a mermaid named Meg.
Captain Monty the Malodorous smells really bad and refuses to take a bath in the ocean, but he is forced to reconsider his fear of the...
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28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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All is quiet in the deep blue sea until a tiny pink fish is mistaken for something scary. EEK! There's a great big fish hiding in the deep! A rumor grows, and readers discover a color with every new fish entangled in the mayhem. The red octopus was really rattled, which petrified the purple fish and startled the blue shoal. Soon, the whole ocean is stirred into a frenzy and flees into a deep, dark cave. But, uh-oh! That's no cave at all!
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"It begins with an octopus who plays the ukulele. Since this is a story, the octopus has to want something--maybe to travel to faraway galaxies in a totally awesome purple spaceship. Then the octopus sets out to build a spaceship out of soda cans, glue, umbrellas, glitter, and waffles. OK, maybe the octopus needs some help, like from an adorable bunny friend, and maybe that bunny turns out to be . . . a rocket scientist? (Probably not.) But could...
14) Pulpo guisado
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...
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325 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"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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