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Also an octopus or a little bit of nothing
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Title
Also an octopus or a little bit of nothing
Description
To write an interesting story, an octopus is made the character of this book with a creative twist. The octopus plays the ukulele and helps to build a spaceship. Did you know that every story starts with "just a little bit of nothing"?
Author
Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Date
2016
Picture Book Entry Item Type Metadata
Illustrator
Davies, Benji
ISBN
978-0-7636-7084-9
City of Publication
Somerville, MA
Year of Publication
2016
Author of Abstract
Abstract provided by Valerie A. Ubbes, 2025
Tags
animals
,
body parts
,
careers
,
feelings
,
friendship
,
imagination
,
instruments
,
mollusks
,
music
,
octopus
,
rabbit
,
space
,
storytelling
,
travel
Citation
Tokuda-Hall, Maggie, “Also an octopus or a little bit of nothing,”
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
, accessed December 5, 2025,
https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/14366
.
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