"An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean"--

"A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is"--

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

A young girl tries to get her octopus, who would much rather stay home, ready for school. Includes facts about octopuses.

An octopus struggles with misadventure when he leaves home but is relieved to know how and where to find a safe haven.

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?