"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--

Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.

"A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is"--

Worried about his new friend, a shy octopus named Ollie, Penguin recruits the other animals to help look for him, and discovers something more precious than treasure.

Charlie the shark wants nothing more than a hug, and Olivia Octopus desperately wants a kiss, but none of the people on the beach are interested.

Cowboy and Octopus maintain their friendship despite different opinions about things like beans and knock-knock jokes.

"Puffer Fish wakes up one morning to find that his pirate underwear has been taken from the clothesline! So Octopants the octopus offers to help look for them. They check Lobster's Laundry, look through Mermaid's hair, and even stop by Mussel's Fitness Club, but the underwear isn't anywhere...Then Shark appears and wants to join the group. But what's that on her head?"--

Simon visits a fortune-telling seadragon who gives him an alarming, but incomplete prediction, that his friend Olive the octopus is in danger.