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The Octopus Escapes

by Maile Meloy

A sea creature seeks a way home

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    New York Times bestselling author

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A sea creature seeks a way home

An octopus’s life changes when a diver removes him from his undersea cave and places him in an aquarium. There, food and toy-like tests become part of a repetitive routine, prompting him to attempt an escape under cover of darkness. The story brings together marine life, captivity, and the pull of home, with freedom as the central concern. This edition is described as a board book.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for young children interested in octopuses and other marine animals.
  • For families seeking a story about captivity, escape, and returning home.
  • Suitable for shared reading with children in the 4–8 age range listed in the metadata.

Themes

Marine lifeCaptivity and freedomHome

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Book overview

From a New York Times bestselling author comes this poignant, lyrical tale about nature's great escape artist--now in a board book edition!

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...

Maile Meloy and Felicita Sala bring us a story full of excitement and heart, about the thrill of hard-won freedom and the pull of home.
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