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The octopus escapes

"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meloy, Maile (Author)
Other Authors:	Sala, Felicita (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
Subjects:	Octopuses > Juvenile fiction. Aquariums > Juvenile fiction. Escapes > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:	Ages 3-7.
ISBN:	9781984812698 1984812696
Author Notes:	Maile Meloy was born in Helena, Montana on January 1, 1972. She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of California, Irvine. Her works include Liars and Saints, A Family Daughter, and The Apothecary. She has won numerous awards including The Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction for her story, Aqua Boulevard, in 2001; the PEN/Malamud Award for Half in Love in 2003; and the California Book Awards Silver Medal for Fiction for Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It. She has also received the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004. In 2007, she was chosen as one of Granta's 21 Best Young American Novelists. (Bowker Author Biography)