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The octopus scientists : exploring the mind of a mollusk / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Keith Ellenbogen.

Montgomery, Sy, (author.). Ellenbogen, Keith A., (photographer.).

Summary:

Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544232709
  • ISBN: 0544232704
  • ISBN: 9780544986909
  • Physical Description: 71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
CRIOBE stands for Center for Island Research and Observatory of the French Polynesian Environment.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Meet the octopus team -- An octet of octo facts -- CRIOBE -- How smart is an octopus? -- Making friends with an octopus -- How octopuses change color -- Rainforests of the oceans -- Octopus influence.
Target Audience Note:
1020L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 3 173900.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject: Mather, Jennifer A. > Juvenile literature.
Octopuses > Research > French Polynesia > Moorea > Juvenile literature.
Octopuses > Juvenile literature.
Oceanography > Juvenile literature.
Polynesia > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 27 of 32 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 32 total copies.
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Marion Library JUV 594.56 MON (Text) 37810435247290 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -