A picture book about a little girl and a rescue octopus. The basis of the TV series Willa's Wild Life. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Yaccarino on the dedication page, with a small drawing of a bird's head. Uncommon signed. Seller Inventory # 308347

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Title: An Octopus Followed Me Home

Publisher: Viking, New York

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Yaccarino, Dan

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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Highlighted by bright, bold artwork, this humorous tale of a little girl's inability to say no to a big, cuddly octopus with no home, will make young readers laugh out loud.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Assembling a menagerie of pets to perturb parents is nothing new, found in Steven Kellogg's Can I Keep Him? (1971) and Jake Wolf's Daddy Could I Have an Elephant? (1996), to...

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25 NW 23rd Pl, STE 6 PMB 148, Portland, OR, 97210, U.S.A.

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