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From Story Time: The Letter "O"

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Written by Eoin McLaughlin
Illustrated by Marc Boutavant
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2023. Picture Book.

Terry is definitely not an octopus. He's just a regular guy who happens to have a few extra limbs and a love of tuna. But again, he is NOT an octopus. Look, if he were an octopus, he'd be living in the ocean, right? Not to mention going to Super Octopus Fantasea Adventure World. He definitely wouldn't be on land, unless he was afraid of the water. Which he absolutely isn't! OK, perhaps just a LITTLE. Maybe, just maybe, it's time he learned how to swim. Terry shows what it means to be brave in this very silly story about facing your fears and accepting who you really are. --Editor

Written by Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by Julie Maren
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2007. Picture Book.

An orange begins its life as a blossom where bees feast on the nectar, and reaches the end of its journey, bursting with the seasons inside it, in the hands of a child. --Editor

Written by Maile Meloy
Illustrated by Felicita Sala
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2021. Picture Book.

An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life. --Publisher

Written by Deborah Farmer Kris
Illustrated by Jane Massey
Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, 2025. Board Book.

 In rhyming text, a caregiver lovingly validates their young toddlers' play. Includes a section for caregivers. --Editor

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