An octopus tells us about his struggle to find ‘octopants’ in this fun to read rhyming story which had us turning the pages to see how he would find a solution to his problem.
The Story: An octopus is trying to find octopants that will fit him. Nobody in town can help him and online shopping is unsuccessful but then he discovers the Under-Sea Emporium. The shop sells all sorts of clothing and with the help of the owner the octopus realises that he’s been looking for the wrong item of clothing all along so he buys something else…
Octopants, with its fun, rhyming text, had us turning the pages to see whether the octopus would find a pair of underpants that would suit him, it’s not easy to find clothes when you have eight legs! Before we turned the last page we spent some time trying to guess what he would buy. Suffice it to say that the octopus was happy with his purchase and we think he looks pretty good too!
Claire Powell’s colourful underwater illustrations are full of humorous detail, the sea creatures, even the fish, have all found underpants that fit them. The octopus is a friendly endearing character and we can really sympathise with his frustration and sadness, even a squid and a turtle have found underpants to wear! The shops in town are cleverly named but we did feel sorry for the octopus when the shopkeepers laughed at him. In comparison, the seahorse at the Under-Sea Emporium is very helpful and with his guidance the octopus realises that octopants are not what he needs. Our favourite spread shows the two creatures swimming through the shop which has an amazing selection and we particularly love the urchin’s onesies and the jellyfish jewellery.
Octopants is fun to read and very entertaining, we love the final spread showing a very happy octopus. The story gives lots of opportunities for talking about colour, items of clothing and counting different kinds of sea creature. It would be a great story to include in an Ocean topic in an Early Years classroom.
Author: Suzy Senior / Illustrator: Claire Powell
by Claire Powell (illustrator) Suzy Senior [Little Tiger Press]
£8.59
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EUR 12,70
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EUR 11,10
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EUR 14,77
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$15.81
Thank you to Little Tiger Press for sending Octopants, we love the fun to read rhyming text and the humour in the illustrations.
What a fun story! My boys are big fans of the rhyming books. I wonder what Octopus bought in the end?
Thanks for sharing with #MMBC. x
You’ll have to read the book to find out what the octopus bought, we didn’t guess correctly!
My youngest would be highly entertained by this book!! Very funny indeed #readwithme
It’s brilliant! We’ve never met an embarrassed octopus in a picture book before!!
This looks such fun! When we giggle we learn so it looks great #MMBC
There are lots of details in the illustrations that make us giggle 🙂
This looks like a very funny book for little ones. Anything with pants in is always a hit!
It’s really funny seeing fish wearing pants!!
hehehe. This sounds like a really fun book. I love that he went online shopping. How modern. x
The online shopping illustration is one of our favourites 🙂
Sounds such a fun read. Yes I can imagine that it must be difficult to find pants when you have 8 legs #readwithme
But he does find a great item of clothing for an octopus!
What a cute story with a real fun element #TriedTested
It is! Cute, simple and very amusing 🙂
That looks really cute! My kids think anything to do with pants is oh-so-funny! The illustrations look really nice too! #TriedTested
The illustrations are lovely and so full of colour 🙂
This sounds like a real giggle and who doesn’t love a story with colourful pants in it!
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It is very amusing and there are pants of all colours, we like to choose our favourite pants when we read 🙂
I’ve seen a lot about this one recently and love the look of the illustrations, Certainly one for our list 🙂 #readwithme
It’s brilliant and a really kid friendly topic 🙂
It sounds like such a cute idea for a book! #MMBC
Cute and very amusing 🙂