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Gentle Giant...

Gentle Giant Octopus

Gentle Giant Octopus

Author: Karen Wallace , Illustrator: Mike Bostock

Follow a goggle-eyed octopus as she jets through the shadows, long tentacles flying like ribbons behind her. When a mottled wolf eel slips from the shadows, she squirts ink to...

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Ages: 5-7

Read time: 5-20 mins

AR LEVEL: N/A

LEXILE©: N/A

Ages: 5-7

Read time: 5-20 mins

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