Elanna Allen

Don't underestimate the little guy! Also, maybe respect people's boundaries.
I love the colours in this book, the bright yellow of our protagonist against the green-to-blue-to-purple sea, and the lines of water turbulence around the creatures (and their speech bubbles, sometimes). I like how the size and positioning and cursiveness of the octopus's speech makes it more clear how little its actually speaking to its future lunch as much as about it. I love the endpapers that begin with the hungry denizens of the sea stalking our friend and end with their comeuppances, though I'm not entirely sure all of those animals would want to be eating a tiny fish in the first place (what would a giant clam want with a fish?). I keep flipping through this book to admire the background curlicues and the various contortions of the octopus's tentacles.… (meer)