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My Mom is an Octopus

Author : Nellie Emrani

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 46,48 MB

Release : 2018-03-19

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1525510592

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Take one mom, add her two hands, mix in three young children, and you have the perfect recipe for fun! Like all moms, she needs to help her children with washing hair, brushing teeth, playing video games, stirring a pot of spaghetti, reading a child’s favorite book—sometimes all at the same time! My Mom is an Octopus is a delightfully illustrated story for pre-readers and early readers that will keep you smiling and laughing from start to finish. This is one book you’ll want to share over and over again!



If Mom Became an Octopus

Author : Cm Healy

Publisher :

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 41,41 MB

Release : 2018-06-30

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781948577106

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A young boy imagines his mother having various animal abilities to help him with his shortcomings. He fantasizes about all the amazing things his mom would be able to do. But is this really the right solution? Maybe something better can be done to solve his problems.



I Wish My Mum was an Octopus

Author : Shona Revie Keenan

Publisher : Ford Street Publishing

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 13,17 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Children's stories

ISBN : 9781925000375

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Shona Keenan's son Lachlan at age four said exactly how she felt - there was not enough of her to go around. What amazed her was that he gave the tentacles to the phone, kitchen, laundry, work, siblings etc, first. And tentacle eight just wanted he and her to be together. This Book explains why we may not be with our children as much as we may wish, but also provides some humour into the extremely busy life of a mother. From one child to another. From one mother to another.



The Benefits of Being an Octopus

Author : Ann Braden

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 39,53 MB

Release : 2018-09-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1510737529

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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.



Conversations with an Octopus

Author : Rebecca Smith

Publisher : Legend Press Ltd

Page : 299 pages

File Size : 31,59 MB

Release : 2024-07-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1915643759

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When the body of lecherous landlord, Raj Sumal, washes up on the beach, it’s up to Detectives Jim Paddon and Grace Brown to solve the mystery.



Valdur the Viking and the Ghostly Goths

Author : Craig Cormick

Publisher : Ford Street Publishing

Page : 115 pages

File Size : 22,25 MB

Release : 2016-09

Category : Children's stories

ISBN : 9781925272420

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Age range 6 to 10 Hi. My name is Valdur and I'm a Viking. We'll, I hope to be a real Viking one day. I'm still a child actually. But I do get to roam the seas on my father's ship. Until, that is, he was kidnapped by his arch-enemy, the Goth pirate Germanicus Bottom. So now, by Odin's smelly socks, I have to fight Romans, sea monsters and the Pirate Goths to rescue him. Luckily I have my dragon-dog Ragna with me though. And we are all ghosts. Did I mention that?



The Woman who Loved an Octopus, and Other Saints' Tales

Author : Imogen Rhia Herrad

Publisher : Seren Books

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 28,35 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Reviving the first-millennium world of Celtic women saints--most of them far from saintly by current definitions--these inventive stories are not historical tracts or faithful retellings; instead they use the old legends as the framework for new plots, some of them set in the contemporary world. The perilous flight of Madrun, the daughter of King Gwyrtheryn, for example, is transmuted into a story of escape from an eastern European war zone, and St. Non is raped and expelled from her convent, as in the familiar version of the tale, but this time around she comes back for revenge.



Octopus, Dadu and Me

Author : Lucy Ann Unwin

Publisher : UCLan Publishing

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 29,84 MB

Release : 2023-01-05

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1915235685

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FACT: Octopuses have three hearts. FACT: Octopuses have BEAKS, like BIRDS. FACT: The octopus at the aquarium is psychic! Sashi feels like she has three hearts and they’re all breaking. She’s losing her beloved Dadu to dementia, and her parents don’t even want her to visit him any more. She hides from her grief in the aquarium, and that’s where she meets Ian. Like her Dadu, Ian is trapped. Like her Dadu, Ian should be at home with his family. And then Ian tells her he’s in danger and only she can help him escape. Except Ian just happens to be an octopus…



The Selkie's Daughter

Author : Linda Crotta Brennan

Publisher : Holiday House

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 18,25 MB

Release : 2024-01-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0823457672

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A richly imagined fantasy set in Nova Scotia where a young girl—part selkie, part human—must save her family. I am human upon dry land. I swim as selkie on the sea. Brigit knows all the old songs and legends by heart: of Neve, the daughter of the sea god; of the warrior Finn MacCool; and of people who are not quite human. But Brigit knows the truth. It’s evident in the webbing between her fingers–webbing that must be cut. She’s the daughter of a selkie. A truth she must keep secret from everyone. But someone in her village is killing young seals. Angering the king of the selkie clan, who vows revenge. A curse that will bring storm, sickness, and death. To protect those she loves, Brigit must find a way to Sule Skerrie, the land of selkies, to confront the Great Selkie and protect the young seals from harm. Like sitting by a warm fireplace, The Selkie’s Daughter is an imaginative fantasy, steeped in Celtic mythology and rich with detail. Perfect for fans of mermaids and Studio Ghibli-esque stories. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection



The Lost Lionesses

Author : Gail Emms

Publisher : Cassell

Page : 263 pages

File Size : 22,82 MB

Release : 2024-09-26

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 178840498X

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A captivating and moving account of the first England women's football team that took part in the 1971 World Cup - detailing the injustice faced by those who took part and its effect on the women's game as a whole. Told by the team themselves and written by the celebrity daughter of the main striker. 'Don't laugh, one day there may be a female Arsenal', one headline read amidst the ridicule following the First Women's World Cup in 1971. The spotlight was on the original lionesses, a diverse group of schoolgirls, bank clerks, and telephonists, primarily hailing from Chiltern Valley football club, run by a 60-year-old, multilingual bus driver called Harry. These amateur girls emerged as England's first women's football team at the 1971 World Cup in Mexico, only to face scorn once returned home. They were mocked by the press and their achievements were undermined. Players were banned for three months to two years if they tried to play with another team. The heroes had been punished. 50 years later, the time has come to tell their truth. Narrated by the daughter of one of the team members, Janice Barton, with unprecedented access to the secrets and insights of the first ever woman's team, this is a multi-generational story celebrating the power of a group of women who refused to accept the status quo - revealing how the events of 1971 shaped mother and daughter's lives both personally and professionally.