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The Octopus Scientists
Contributor(s): Montgomery, Sy (Author), Ellenbogen, Keith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0544232704     ISBN-13: 9780544232709
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Marine Life
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Biology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
Dewey: 594.56
LCCN: 2015018768
Lexile Measure: 1020
Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 11.5" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 80 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest
- Seasonal - Summer
- Topical - Girl's Interest
- Topical - Boy's Interest
- Event - Summer
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 173900
Reading Level: 6.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world. It's baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckers--suckers that can taste as well as feel. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape-shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer can follow.
But most intriguing of all, octopuses--classed as mollusks, like clams--are remarkably intelligent with quirky personalities. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our own unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experience and understand our world (and perhaps even life itself) in a new way.


Contributor Bio(s): Ellenbogen, Keith: - Keith Ellenbogen is an award-winning underwater photographer with an emphasis on environmental conservation. His images have been published worldwide in newspapers, magazines, and books as well as on TV. He is a Senior Fellow with The International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), a Fellow with the Explorers Club, and an Assistant Professor of Photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology / SUNY.Montgomery, Sy: - In addition to researching films, articles, and over twenty books, National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery has been honored with a Sibert Medal, two Science Book and Film Prizes from the National Association for the Advancement of Science, three honorary degrees, and many other awards. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire, with her husband, Howard Mansfield, and their border collie, Thurber.
Website: symontgomery.com
Twitter: @SyTheAuthor.