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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · April 15, 2025
Octopus Moves
By Bob Barner
Octopus needs help to move. Can friends make it happen?
32 pages
3.3/5 Goodreads · 35 ratings
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Hardcover
Children's book Author & Illustrator
Bob Barner
Biography
Bob Barner is the author and illustrator of more than twenty-five books for children, including Fish Wish, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!, and the bilingual Day of the Dead/El Dia de los Muertos. His work has received the Parents’ Choice Award and the Teachers’ Choice Award. An accomplished artist, he began his career as a cartoonist working on Li’l Abner under Al Capp before moving on to art direction and illustration. His clients include The Boston Globe, Scholastic, Chronicle, the New England Aquarium, Little, Brown, and many more. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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Book type breakdown: 8 picture books, 3 board books.
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