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The Octopus Escapes
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  • Published: 15 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593533970
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $22.99

The Octopus Escapes

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EBook
11 May 2021
Audiobook
11 May 2021
Hardback
3 Aug 2021
Board Book
15 Aug 2023
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From a New York Times bestselling author comes this poignant, lyrical tale about nature's great escape artist—now in a board book edition!

From a New York Times bestselling author comes this poignant, lyrical tale about nature's great escape artist—now in a board book edition!

The octopus is happy in his undersea cave until one day, a diver captures him and takes him to live in an aquarium. The humans give him food and tests that look like toys. But every day is the same, and the octopus soon tires of captive life. And so, under the cover of darkness, he makes his daring escape...

Maile Meloy and Felicita Sala bring us a story full of excitement and heart, about the thrill of hard-won freedom and the pull of home.
  • Published: 15 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593533970
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the authors

Maile Meloy

Maile Meloy is the award-winning author of several short-story collections and novels for adults including Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It and Liars and Saints. The After-Room is the third and final novel in the Apothecary series for young adults.
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Felicita Sala

Felicita Sala is a self-taught illustrator and painter. She graduated in philosophy from the University of Western Australia. She has illustrated many picture books, contributed her art to magazines and newspapers, and has also worked on papercut stop-motion animations. One of her books was included in The New York Times’ Best Illustrated Picture Books of 2018, and in 2020 she won the Premio Andersen award in Italy for best illustrator. Felicita lives in Rome with her husband, Gianluca, and their daughter, Nina.
portrait photo of Felicita Sala