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Jack Makhlouf

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gender

male

website

http://www.millietheoctopus.com/

twitter username

MillieOctopus

genre

Children's Books, Short Stories, Young Adult

member since

February 2012

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Jack's Millie the Octopus stories were born from a real first hand experience with an inquisitive baby octopus Jack met in the tidal pools of Waikiki Beach in Oahu while on a family vacation when he was 10 years old. This audacious little creature captivated Jack; she was strong and wanted to stay out of the water even when he put her back in. Naming the octopus Millie, Jack later drew her up in his charcoal sketchpad accompanied the sketches with short, wishful, adventure stories using the imagination of a young boy. As an adult, Jack uncovered his old sketchpad when moving and began to re-write the stories with plenty of prompts and questions for kids to answer directly from Millie. With the help of Leslie's artistic touch in her illustra...more

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Average rating: 4.45 · 20 ratings · 13 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Mille the Octopus Learns to Surf (Millie #2) by Jack Makhlouf (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Leslie Thompson (Illustrator) 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Millie the Octopus Learns Yoga by Jack Makhlouf (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Leslie Thompson (Illustrator) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Millie the Octopus Learns to Hula Dance by Jack Makhlouf (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Leslie Thompson (Illustrator) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jack Makhlouf is now friends with Jeana
Jun 12, 2012 01:50pm · like
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Jack Makhlouf liked Felicia's review of Millie the Octopus Learns Yoga: " This book was really cute. It taught kids a few easy Yoga posses. This book was a lot of fun to read and practice with my kids. "
Mar 20, 2012 02:57pm · see review
Jack Makhlouf liked Abigail's review of Millie the Octopus Learns Yoga: " I got this book as part of a First Reads giveaway. Thank-you! This story is about Millie the Octopus learning different yoga positions. The illustrations are adorable and the text is very easy to understand. On each page is a question for children... " Read more of this review »
Mar 20, 2012 02:57pm · see review
Jack Makhlouf liked ReadingWench's review of Millie the Octopus Learns Yoga: " I loved this book. The illustrations are super cute. The story is great! I like how Millie interacts with the child reading the book as well ans teaches. "
Mar 20, 2012 02:57pm · see review
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Feb 12, 2012 09:28am
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