Little Crab asks what an octopus can do with his eight arms and gets a surprising, rhyming, reply.

After Emile the octopus saves Captain Samofar's life he gets a job as a lifeguard and his spectacular rescues earn him many friends.

Four separate stories celebrate the many-legged friendship between Squid and Octopus as they disagree over how to stay warm, encourage each other, and fret over the contents of a fortune cookie.

"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"--

Octi, who is half-octopus and half-unicorn, finds it difficult to fit in, but he has learned to embrace his uniqueness and celebrate all of the things he can do.

Octopus slips out of his tank while the aquarium sleeps, teases the animals in the other displays, and leads the security guard on a merry chase.

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.

"It begins with an octopus who plays the ukulele. Since this is a story, the octopus has to want something--maybe to travel to faraway galaxies in a totally awesome purple spaceship. Then the octopus sets out to build a spaceship out of soda cans, glue, umbrellas, glitter, and waffles. OK, maybe the octopus needs some help, like from an adorable bunny friend, and maybe that bunny turns out to be . . . a rocket scientist? (Probably not.) But could...

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