How to Get Your Octopus to School
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
*"A charming, eight-armed hug of a story that won’t hide long on library shelves"-- School Library Journal (starred review)
Learn how to get your octopus to school in this hilarious and endearing back-to-school story!
Getting your octopus to school won't be easy. He would much rather stay home with you and play hide-and-seek or dress-up. But you know your octopus will love school if he gives it a chance. And you'll tell him that . . . as soon as you can find him . . .
Reminiscent of If You Take a Mouse to School, get your little one ready for school with this silly and sweet back-to-school story. Perfect for any parent who has struggled to get their child ready for school in the morning! Includes an embellished list of octopus facts in the backmatter.
Praise for How to Get Your Octopus to School:
"A charming back-to-school book for the nervous octopus in all of us."-Kirkus reviews
"A visual treat of a picture book. The octopus serves as a sweet buffer for viewers who are shy about going to school themselves, and older siblings may benefit from a reminder to be patient with little ones who don’t know the drill just yet." --BCCB
"Scharnhorst offers funny and endearingly patient point-by-point advice on a morning routine . . . All the while, Sinquett’s breezy digital art depicts a small, salmon-hued octopus humorously exhibiting arrayed behaviors both human and cephalopod . . . [a] sweetly humorous take on a familiar rite of passage." --Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's all-hands-on-deck when a pale-skinned child with long black pigtails tries to wrangle an octopus for his first day of school. Addressing readers in a second-person voice, Scharnhorst offers funny and endearingly patient point-by-point advice on a morning routine that includes finding one's octopus ("Octopuses are good at hiding. Very, very good") and getting out the door ("He'll insist on picking out eight of his favorite stuffed animals to bring along. This will take FOREVER!"). All the while, Sinquett's breezy digital art depicts a small, salmon-hued octopus humorously exhibiting arrayed behaviors both human (trying on outfits, sitting at the breakfast table) and cephalopod (camouflaging, inking). Arrival at the classroom, filled with octopus friends and a kind-faced teacher, sets the stage for a tender transition. "Ten (Mostly) True Facts About Octopuses" closes this sweetly humorous take on a familiar rite of passage. Ages 4–8.
