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The Octopus

by Denys Cazet · 2005

Grandpa Spanielson's Chicken Pox Stories seriesbook 1 of 3Next:A Snout for Chocolate(2006) →

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Grandpa knows how to cure Barney's chicken pox — with his famous anti-itch tales, including the one about the time Grandpa battled a fierce octopus on a dark and stormy night!

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
dogsdogsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 48 pages

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