The U.K.-based Octopus Publishing Group has acquired the business and publishing assets of Ticktock Entertainment Ltd, the children’s nonfiction publisher that produces books for the international co-edition market and has around 700 titles in print. John Twiggs, director, and Tim Cook, publisher, will be working with Octopus to transition the business to new ownership and to continue developing the publishing program. Ticktock titles will be available in the U.S. through Octopus’s New York division.