Octopus Alone
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Octopus loves living on the busy reef under the sea. From her cozy cave, she can see clown fish, and sea turtles, and little butterflies swimming by. She especially loves watching the seahorses having fun, wiggling and twirling. Sometimes she will play with them, but occasionally Octopus just wants to be alone, somewhere quiet, and not so busy. So one day, she swims far, far beyond the reef and finds another cozy cave, only here she is perfectly, wonderfully alone. It is exactly what she wanted . . . until she’s ready to go back home to be with her friends.
As she did in Little Owl's Night, Divya Srinivasan shows children a wonderful part of the natural world in a very warm-hearted way.
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Cantaloupe-colored Octopus "was shy and did not like to be noticed," writes Srinivasan, and to avoid mingling with the many genial extroverts who share her reef, she employs all of her natural abilities: fast getaways, hiding, blending in with her surroundings, and squirting black ink. Determined "to get away, far from goggling eyes" she leaves the sunlit, aqua waters of the reef for the ocean's lonely black depths, where she realizes that she may not have such a low tolerance for companionship after all. Srinivasan's storytelling feels a tad overwritten compared to her breakout debut, Little Owl's Night, but her artistry is the farthest thing from a sophomore slump. From the bustling reef with its cheery, diverse inhabitants to the "magnificent storm of bubbles" that unfolds in the wake of a breaching whale (depicted in a vertical gatefold), every page is stunner. And while Octopus may be shy, her cuddly intrepidness, sweet big eyes, and flirty lashes make her an irresistible tour guide through Srinivasan's beautiful, briny deep. Ages 3 5.
