A young children's book about a real, live octopus that escaped from an aquarium..It is a story with color illustrations about the different things this little octopus had to do to get out through a hole in the top of his tank that was much, much smaller than his body, and then how he managed to get into another small hole, go through a very long pipe and drop into the ocean to escape.This book is very educational as well as entertaining, for it gives much factual information about the traits and habits of these sea creatures, which is very intriguing for adults as well as for children.