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Title: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson ISBN: 1-56402-965-4 Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Board book Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Touching,tender story of a mother's return to her babies!
Comment: This is one of those "special" books that you won't mind reading to your little one over and over again. I find that a great children's book is a lot like a great children's movie; both the parent and the child enjoy it yet at different levels. Such a tender story of a little one's fear that their parent won't come home. However, the beautiful and touching illustrations almost steal the show! You can see the worry in the little owl's eyes and hear little Bill's anxious "I want my Mommy!" My two year old daughter loves the part when it's "dark" outside because the artwork truly conveys the dark; but not in a scary way! I loved when the oldest owl, Sarah, suggests that they all sit on her limb together. My favorite illustration is when the mother owl returns and the 3 little fluffy baby owls are jumping up and down. You'll snuggle a little closer to your child when you read this one together. Just the sweetest little book you and your special one will ever read!
Rating: 5
Summary: A very fun book to read with one's children
Comment: I bought this book over two years ago, when my daughter was around 14 months and was just starting to visibly enjoy being read to. Two years later she still pulls it off the shelf sometimes and asks me to read it (usually around bedtime).
The plot is appropriately simple: Mama Owl goes out hunting for the night, and the three owl babies get progressively more worried and scared. When they have almost sunk into despair, mom comes home.
The illustrations are beautiful. Benson does an excellent job of evoking the fear of the wee owlets as they wait, and their exuberant joy upon mama's return. They are a perfect companion to Waddell's writing.
Waddell makes good use of parallelism. After a couple of readings, if you're child is verbal, expect her to be wailing "I want my mommy!" right along with you and baby Bill. Also, despite the brevity and simple vocabulary, one gets a real sense of the different personalities of the owl babies. As children's literature goes, this is a masterpiece.
Concurring with several other reviewers, I would agree that this is a great book to share with your kids if any of them suffer from separation anxiety.
Rating: 2
Summary: Terrified Owl Babies
Comment: The beautiful artwork in this book doesn't mask a storyline that is way too upsetting for a young child. From the perspective of a 3-year old, mama owl disappears on page 1 and doesn't return until the last page. The pages inbetween show 3 gorgeously drawn little birds in the throes of anxiety over the loss of their mama. As an adult, I found it unsettling as well. Too bad the talented artist got hooked up with a hold-over author from Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Title: Owly by Mike Thaler, David Wiesner ISBN: 0802775454 Publisher: Walker & Co Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Napping House by Audrey Wood, Don Wood ISBN: 0152026320 Publisher: Red Wagon Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Time for Bed by Jane Dyer, Mem Fox ISBN: 0152010661 Publisher: Red Wagon Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle ISBN: 0805047905 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Jamberry Board Book by Bruce Degen ISBN: 0694006513 Publisher: HarperFestival Pub. Date: 30 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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