The Octopus

Cynthia Rylant, a Newbery Medal winner, returns to the seaside world of the Lighthouse Family with this fifth installment. The story's setting is a quiet coast, rendered with its everyday sounds, sights, and local figures.

Now and then, a full moon hangs over the lighthouse and pulls the tide far out. Cloe, an octopus who usually lives beneath the waves, gets the chance to see what lies beyond his underwater home. On his outing he meets the lighthouse family on the beach, and together they investigate the sea floor that the receding water has exposed.