OCTOPUS SHOCKTOPUS Puppets There are lots of fun

There are lots of fun details to talk about in the busy illustrations

In an original format—using the kids’ diary entries

accompanied by a brief and gentle read-aloud text

—there are at least 10 future presidents alive in America

Solving this suite of spooky puzzles takes keen observation

OCTOPUS SHOCKTOPUS Puppets There are lots of funAn octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The villages 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? For Ages 2 and up.