BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Terry tries to convince himself and everyone else including the reader that he is just a regular guy who loves tuna, has a few extra arms, and that he is not an octopus. If he were an octopus, he would live under the sea unless he were afraid of water. Being afraid of water would make life very difficult for an octopus stuck on dry land, and not being able to see his mom and dad. Luckily he is not an octopus. Terry sees a swimming pool and asks the reader to teach him to swim. He wills himself to fall in. He panics. Does he ever discover that he is an octopus?
I Am Not an Octopus is a cute and silly story about facing your fears and accepting who you really are. The illustrations are fun and clever adding more comedy to the story. His antics are fun to see and read. I am still wondering how the octopus was born and raised out of water though, but it is meant to be a silly book. There is a touch of bathroom humor.
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