Take Your Octopus to School Day

Take Your Octopus to School Day
Author: Audrey Vernick
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399557121

A hilarious classroom story about an octopus and his boy, from the author of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? When it comes to show-and-tell, Sam is in it to win it. But no matter how hard he tries, one of his classmates is always showing him up with a slightly better costume or a slightly cooler object to share. His teacher says it's not a competition, but just once Sam would like to be the best--which is why he's so excited when Take Your Octopus to School Day is announced. Sam is pretty sure he's the only kid with a real live pet octopus to bring, and Thurgood, his eight-tentacled best friend, is excited too. Together, they prepare Thurgood's travel tank and get ready for a school day like no other. . . . What could possibly go wrong? Sprinkled with sly humor and scientific facts about the class Cephalopoda, readers who loved Flora and the Flamingo or Sparky! will want to get their tentacles on Take Your Octopus to School Day.

How to Get Your Octopus to School

How to Get Your Octopus to School
Author: Becky Scharnhorst
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2023-05-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593205243

*"A charming, eight-armed hug of a story that won’t hide long on library shelves"-- School Library Journal (starred review) Learn how to get your octopus to school in this hilarious and endearing back-to-school story! Getting your octopus to school won't be easy. He would much rather stay home with you and play hide-and-seek or dress-up. But you know your octopus will love school if he gives it a chance. And you'll tell him that . . . as soon as you can find him . . . Reminiscent of If You Take a Mouse to School, get your little one ready for school with this silly and sweet back-to-school story. Perfect for any parent who has struggled to get their child ready for school in the morning! Includes an embellished list of octopus facts in the backmatter. Praise for How to Get Your Octopus to School: "A charming back-to-school book for the nervous octopus in all of us."-Kirkus reviews "A visual treat of a picture book. The octopus serves as a sweet buffer for viewers who are shy about going to school themselves, and older siblings may benefit from a reminder to be patient with little ones who don’t know the drill just yet." --BCCB "Scharnhorst offers funny and endearingly patient point-by-point advice on a morning routine . . . All the while, Sinquett’s breezy digital art depicts a small, salmon-hued octopus humorously exhibiting arrayed behaviors both human and cephalopod . . . [a] sweetly humorous take on a familiar rite of passage." --Publishers Weekly

Ocho the Octopus and the First Day of School

Ocho the Octopus and the First Day of School
Author: Nicole Decesare
Publisher: Mascot Books
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781684018932

"Ocho is nervous for his first day of school. So nervous, in fact, his body turned blue! Find out if he can conquer all of his fears And learn to love school for the rest of the year."

Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?

Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?
Author: Audrey Vernick
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062067192

Your buffalo is growing up. He plays with friends. He shares his toys. He's smart! But is he ready for kindergarten? (And is kindergarten ready for him?) Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? is a hilarious look at first-day-of-school jitters from author Audrey Vernick and illustrator Daniel Jennewein.

The Benefits of Being an Octopus

The Benefits of Being an Octopus
Author: Ann Braden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510737529

Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award​ (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020–2021​, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee​. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.

Lizzie and the Last Day of School

Lizzie and the Last Day of School
Author: Trinka Hakes Noble
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1633621316

Lizzie loves school almost more than anything. First she loved Nursery school. She loved Kindergarten even more. When the time comes for Lizzie to start First Grade, she can't wait. Everyone tells her it will be a whole year of school. And Miss Giggliano, the first-grade teacher, tells her class to make this the best year of school ever. Yippee! thinks Lizzie--a whole year of school! And what a year it is. Miss G.'s class wins the Centipede Reading Award. And they even win the Nature Study Award for their bee and butterfly garden. It's a great year! But all great things must come to an end. When the last day of school arrives, Lizzie is dismayed. How can this be? It was supposed to be a whole year! But good news soon arrives and Lizzie, along with Miss G., finds herself in a different classroom and eager to learn!

How to Put an Octopus to Bed

How to Put an Octopus to Bed
Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452176205

A new bedtime classic from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site! It's time for bed and this little octopus is more than happy to volunteer! He's all ready to put his parents to bed! Bath time, putting on pajamas, brushing teeth, and tucking everyone in is a whole new challenge when the kid is in charge (and especially when everyone has eight arms!). From bestselling author Sherri Duskey Rinker and award-winning illustrator Viviane Schwarz comes a romping, rhyming, hilarious tale sure to entertain wiggly bedtime readers everywhere. • Perfect for children who are learning good bedtime, bath time, and toothbrushing habits • Silly and clever rhymes make this a perfect read-aloud book • From the bestselling author of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train Any child who loves Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, I Am Not Sleepy and Will Not Go to Bed, and Llama, Llama, Red Pajama will love How to Put an Octopus to Bed! • Read-aloud book for kids ages 3–5 • Toddler book about brushing teeth • Goodnight books for toddlers Sherri Duskey Rinker is the New York Times bestselling author of the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series and Steam Train, Dream Train. She lives in Chicago with her photographer husband and two energetic, inquisitive sons. Viviane Schwarz is the author-illustrator of several picture books, including There Are Cats in this Book, There Are No Cats in this Book, and Is There a Dog in this Book? She can usually be found in her studio in London, unless she's outside researching and sketching.

Octopus

Octopus
Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2011
Genre: Octopuses
ISBN: 143294004X

Offering fascinating insight into life beneath the waves, this book follows an octopus through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves.

Miss Mingo and the First Day of School

Miss Mingo and the First Day of School
Author: Jamie Harper
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763624101

Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves, in an informative book filled with facts about frogs, ants, snakes, crickets, and a host of other familiar animals.

The Last Day of Kindergarten

The Last Day of Kindergarten
Author: Nancy Loewen
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780761458074

As she prepares for her graduation ceremony, a first grader-to-be remembers her enjoyable year in kindergarten.