Washoe County Library System

"An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean"--

Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.

Four separate stories celebrate the many-legged friendship between Squid and Octopus as they disagree over how to stay warm, encourage each other, and fret over the contents of a fortune cookie.

"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"-- "The octopus is happy in his undersea cave until one day, a diver captures him and takes him to live in an aquarium. The humans give him food and tests that look like toys. But every day is the same, and the octopus soon tires of captive life. And so, under the cover of darkness, he makes his daring escape...​"--

Henry the Octopus is tired of his job as conductor of the Underwater Big Band, and he and his Wiggles pals try to find a new job for him.

A young octopus is embarrassed that he doesn't have any pants to wear, and goes to several stores in the ocean, but none of them has what he needs.

"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"--

Octopus slips out of his tank while the aquarium sleeps, teases the animals in the other displays, and leads the security guard on a merry chase.

Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide.

In California, Agnes, a giant Pacific octopus, pens a series of postcards to strangers from both above and below the pier. Includes two pages of facts about octopuses at the end of the book.