Level: L DRA: 24 Genre: Informational Text Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Skill: Author’s Purpose Word Count: 346 The Amazing Octopus 1.3.11 by Cindy Baker HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02709-8 ISBN-10:0-547-02709-5 1032737 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027098_AL_LRSE_CVR_L11_OCTOP.indd 1 5/17/10 5:23:23 PM The Amazing Octopus by Cindy Baker ILLUSTRATION CREDIT: 5 © Diane Blasius PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Juniors Bildarchiv/Alamy; 1 © Corbis/SuperStock; 2 © Juniors Bildarchiv/Alamy; 3 © Corbis/SuperStock; 4 © Digital Vision/Alamy; 6 © Jeffrey L. Rotman/Corbis; 7 © Chris Newbert; 8 © Ralph A. Clevenger/Corbis; 9 © Fred Bavendam; 10 © Herve Lavigne/Alamy Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02709-8 ISBN-10: 0-547-02709-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. suction cups What amazing animal has eight arms but no hands? The answer is an octopus! The octopus uses its arms to crawl along on the ocean floor. Each arm has 240 suction cups. They help the octopus mov