Inky's Great Escape: The Incredible (and Mostly True) Story of an Octopus Escape

Inky’s Great Escape is the true story of Inky, an octopus and escape artist! The story begins with an illustration of Inky wrapped up like Harry Houdini but the ocean, sea life version. After being tired of getting out of traps Inky decides to take a break at the aquarium where he hangs with Blotchy, another octopus. Inky is constantly telling Blotchy about all of his daring escapes so one day Blotchy challenges Inky to escape from the tank. Inky relishes this opportunity and decides he will go one step further and escape the entire aquarium. Blotchy doesn’t believe Inky can do it but Inky knows there are two key components to a successful plan: patience and opportunity. Time goes by and Blotchy grows more weary that Inky won’t be able to do it. Definitely check this tale out if you want to know if Inky makes it out of the aquarium! We loved the bright illustrations and the wonderful story of bravery of Inky!

My kids (just 3 yrs) love this book. Especially the part about Inky going down the drain into the ocean. I just bought it again for one of their friends on his birthday.

The Great Escape manages to take an inherently exiting and instructive animal story and dumb it down with tedious colloquial cliches. The illustrations are cartoonish and awful. Look up the newspaper article, and recount the tale to your kids yourself

Wonderful story and beautiful, captivating art. After I purchased this, it showed up on our Child’s reading list from virtual school.

We’ve been reading this book since Baby was first born and the love is still strong for this book. The story has been told many times by other Storybooks but this one is by far the best.

Such a cute book! The pictures are beautiful, and the story is very well written, sweet for the kids and very entertaining for the adults.

Absolutely beautiful book. Love the story. Toddler loves it too!

A gift.