FICTION

Octopus Soup

by Mercer MAYER
978-0-76145-812-8.
COPY ISBN
K-Gr 2—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.—Nancy Mackenzie, Ithan Elementary School Library, Bryn Mawr, PA
In this wordless story, a young octopus seeks adventure. Finding himself in the clutches of a determined (walrus) chef, he must make his way home. Some of the cartoon-panel illustrations are a little hard to read, but the action is mostly clear. Mayer's illustrations feature personified animals out to get the little green octopus on land, and undersea creatures welcoming him back.
Reviewed by Nancy Mackenzie , Apr 01, 2011

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