Early one morning an octopus leaves the safety of his parents' home and sets out on the adventure of his life. He climbs into a boat, hides in a tackle box, gets thrown to shore, scuttles to a restaurant, plunges into a water pitcher, escapes from a greedy chef, hides among some melons, gets chased back to the ocean, narrowly avoids being made into Octopus Soup, and finally swims home to his mom's loving tentacles. With graphic, digital artwork, Mercer Mayer takes you on a wordless journey you'll never forget!

About the Author
Mercer Mayer has published more than three hundred books, including the popular Little Critter (R) and Little Monster (R) series and There's a Nightmare in my Closet. With Octopus Soup, Mercer returns to his roots, since his first book, A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog, published in 1967, was completely wordless. He and his wife, Gina, his sometimes collaborator, live in New England.

Reviews
"In the opening panels of this wordless picture book, an octopus emerges from his home, pulling a small walrus in a red wagon. He climbs up a rope dropped by a hippopotamus fisherman and is caught, and from there his adventures take off in a series of three-to-four boxed illustrations per page. Young children will giggle as he wiggles his way through busy cobblestone streets, evading a hippopotamus city worker's broom and the clutches of a walrus chef and a rat waiter in a tux. The artist's signature cartoons are colorful, whimsical, and entertaining. Mayer continues to enchant a new generation of readers." -School Library Journal



Book Information
ISBN 9780761458128
Author Mercer Mayer
Format Hardback
Page Count 24
Imprint Two Lions
Publisher Amazon Publishing