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  2. Candace Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Candace Groth Fleming (born May 24, 1962) [1] is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. [2] She is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-honored The Family Romanov and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns, among others.

  3. Sibert Medal - Wikipedia

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    March: Book Three: Winner Candace Fleming: Eric Rohmann: Giant Squid: Honor Caren Stelson — Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story: Albert Marrin — The Japanese American Experience During World War II: Russell Freedman — We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler: 2018 [22] Larry Dane ...

  4. Giant squid in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    A giant squid is a key player in Michael Crichton's novel Sphere, as well as in the film version. James Bond fights a giant squid in Ian Fleming's book, Dr. No. The scene is absent from the film adaption. A giant squid is mentioned in the book Andrew Lost in the Deep by J. C. Greenburg.

  5. Charlotte Zolotow Award - Wikipedia

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    Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle: Commended Alicia Potter: Miss Hazeltine's Home for Shy and Fearful Cats: Commended Mary Lyn Ray: Goodnight, Good Dog: Commended 2017: Carole Boston Weatherford: Freedom in Congo Square: Winner Sherman Alexie: Thunder Boy Jr. Honor Candace Fleming: Giant Squid: Honor Jarvis Alan's Big, Scary Teeth ...

  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Jem puts Chitty back together. Once Chitty is done, they grab the old wheels from Egypt (also with the word Zborowski on them) and escape into the sea. Chitty turns into a submarine and after encountering a giant squid, they make their way to the shores of Madagascar. There, they meet a family who accidentally reels in the van.

  7. Cephalopods in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The NROL-39 mission patch, depicting the National Reconnaissance Office as an octopus with a long reach. Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world as creatures that spray ink and use their tentacles to persistently grasp at and hold onto objects or living creatures.

  8. The Ichthyologist - Wikipedia

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    The Ichthyologist is the third studio album by post-metal band Giant Squid. It was released on February 3, 2009, independently by the band, limited to 1,000 copies in special packaging. It was released on February 3, 2009, independently by the band, limited to 1,000 copies in special packaging.

  9. The Beast (1996 film) - Wikipedia

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    For one thing, the book took place in Bermuda while the movie took place in a Pacific North West community resort called Grave's Point. While still gigantic, the squid is smaller than portrayed in the book. While the movie has it at 66 ft (20 m) long, the book depicts the squid as being 100 ft (30 m) in length.