Follow Me! - Hardcover

Roberts, Bethany

3.68

22 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395822688 ISBN 13: 9780395822685

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1998

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When Octopus Mum takes her eight children on a special trip under the sea, the little octopuses blow bubbles with parrot fish, dance with shrimp, and play hide-and-seek with angelfish, eventually arriving safely at a surprise destination.

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About the Author:

Diane Greenseid lives in Venice, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Octopus Mum leads her eight little charges out of their cave in this waterlogged outing. Roberts's (Cat Parade) verse is attuned to the needs of a young audience, with plenty of bounce and onomatopoeia ("Blow bubbles with this parrot fish./ Dance with shrimp where grasses swish"). The story line is familiar but well wrought: the octopus clan has a peaceful tour until a mildly scary encounter with an eel sends everyone scurrying for home (intriguingly, in a sunken pirate ship). Unfortunately, the off-kilter palette that served Greenseid so well in When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba is problematic here. While the minor players (the clown fish, the turtles, etc.) please the eye, the octopuses look like nothing so much as the lining of a person's stomach, and their bulbous forms, popping eyes and goofy grins don't improve matters?they're not creatures many readers would want to cozy up to. Ages 3-6.
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