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  • Octopus Shocktopus!

Octopus Shocktopus!

Author
Illustrator
Steven Lenton
Publication Date
August 23, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Octopus Shocktopus!

Description

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?

Publication date
August 23, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536223965
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV002170 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
JUV032000 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General

Kirkus

Certain to have everyone wishing for a cephalopodic chum.

Peter Bently
Peter Bently is the award-winning author of many books for children. He has been a journalist and a nonfiction book editor, but writing stories for children is the job he has enjoyed the most. Peter has two children and lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Steven Lenton is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, written by Tracey Corderoy. He loves to visit schools, festivals, and bookshops, encouraging and inspiring his audience to draw, giggle, and create! He has worked as an animator and art director for children's television. He lives in Brighton, England.