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Inky's Amazing Escape

Inky's Amazing Escape

How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home

by Sy Montgomery and Amy Schimler-Safford
Hardback
Age range: 4 to 8 years old Publication Date: 01/11/2018

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"Montgomery's expertise and the gorgeous illustrations make this a fine purchase for libraries serving early elementary students." --School Library Journal

"The mixed-media illustrations make good use of dynamic spreads, color, and texture--perfect for a book on a master of camouflage. Montgomery seamlessly incorporates interesting facts about octopuses into the narrative." --Booklist

Learn all about Inky the Octopus, an international sensation known for escaping from the New Zealand aquarium in April 2016, in this fascinating picture book from National Book Award nominee and octopus expert Sy Montgomery.

Inky had been at the New Zealand aquarium since 2014 after being taken in by a fisherman who found him at sea. Inky had been getting used to his new environment, but the staff quickly figured out that he had to be kept amused or he would get bored. Then one night in 2016 Inky, about the size of a basketball, decided he'd had enough. He slithered eight feet across the floor and down a drainpipe more than 160 feet long to his home in the sea.

Acclaimed author Sy Montogmery reminds readers that Inky didn't escape--but instead, like the curious animal he is, wanted to explore the rest of the vast ocean he called his home.

ISBN:
9781534401914
9781534401914
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
4 to 8 years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-11-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x266.7x12.7mm
Weight:
0.44kg
Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus and the memoir The Good Good Pig, a New York Times bestseller.

The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, border collie, and flock of chickens.

Amy Schimler-Safford

Amy Schimler-Safford started her career in textile and surface design.

She now illustrates children’s books and lives on a lake in Georgia with her family and lots of country critters, all of whom provide Amy with a constant source of amusement and inspiration.

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