The octopus escapes / Maile Meloy ; illustrated Felicita Sala.
Record details
- ISBN: 1984812696 : SAL
- ISBN: 9781984812698 : SAL
- ISBN: 9781984812698
- ISBN: 1984812696
- Physical Description: 1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"-- Provided by publisher. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 3-7. G.P. Putnam's Sons. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Octopuses > Juvenile fiction. Aquariums > Juvenile fiction. Escapes > Juvenile fiction. Octopuses > Fiction. Aquariums > Fiction. |
Genre: | Children's stories > Pictorial works. |
Available copies
- 18 of 20 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Slater Public Library - Griswold | E MEL (Text) | 31252140646944 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | JP MELOY (Text) | 34030148182691 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | E/Wild Animals & Dinos/Mel (Text) | 34029150058443 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | jj MELOY (Text) | 34000151243052 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J PIC MEL (Text) | 34014150579291 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | BB Mel (Text) | 33180148096416 | Board Book | In process | - |
Derby Public Library | JP MEL (Text) | 34047150118918 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Douglas Library of Hebron | JE MEL (Text) | 33400147160009 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | jj MELOY (Text) | 34000151246717 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | JPC MEL (Text) | 34055145674127 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Octopus Escapes
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)