Felicia Macheske - Awesome Arms: Octopus

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

Photo Credits: QiuJu Song/Shutterstock Images, cover, 3, 14; Stubblefield Photography/Shutterstock Images, 1; Kerry L.
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18; Rich Carey/Shutterstock Images, 21; Andrey_Kuzmin/Shutterstock Images, back cover; Eric Isselee/Shutterstock Images,
back cover

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macheske, Felicia, author.
Awesome arms / Felicia Macheske.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves ocean animals.
Guess What: Awesome Arms: Octopus provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the
photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts
give readers a deeper understanding of how the octopus lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help
students locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-718-3 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-733-6 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-748-0 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-763-3
(ebook)
1. OctopusesJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL430.3.O2M33 2016
594.56dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-540-0 (ebook)2015026120

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Table of Contents

I have good
eyesight .

I can
change
color and
shape .

I have a
tube that
helps me
swim .

I can
squeeze
into very
small
places.

I use ink
to hide
myself.

I have eight
long arms .

The suckers
on my arms
can taste
things.

I live in the
ocean .

Do you know what I am?

Im an
Octopus!

About Octopuses

Octopuses have a beak that they
use to eat food.

Octopuses are very smart. They
seem to use tools and play with toys.

Octopuses live only three to five
years.

The suckers on an octopuss arms
can taste and feel things.

An octopus can lose an arm and
grow a new one.

Glossary

beak (BEEK) the hard, pointed jaw of an animal

eyesight (EYE-site) the ability to see

ink (INGK) a colored liquid that octopuses can squirt

tube (TOOB) a hollow, circular body part used for
pushing water

squeeze (SKWEEZ) to barely get into or through
a space

suckers (SUHK-urz) the body parts of some animals
that are used to stick to surfaces

Index

arms,

beak,

changing,
colors,

eating,
eyesight,

food,

growing,

hiding,

ink,

ocean,

playing with toys,

shapes,
squeezing,
suckers,
swimming,

tasting,
tube,

using tools,