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So You Want to Be an Owl

Illustrated by Maddie Frost
Hardcover
$17.99 US
10.25"W x 10.56"H x 0.31"D   | 15 oz | 32 per carton
On sale Jan 12, 2021 | 32 Pages | 978-1-5362-1521-2
Age 5-9 years | Grades K-4
Reading Level: Fountas & Pinnell O
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Do you have what it takes to be an owl? Find out in this funny, fact-filled picture book.

Welcome to Owl School! Professor Olaf Owl is here to tell you everything you need to know about being an owl, from hunting to camouflage to seeing in the dark. Study hard, and soon you’ll be a first-rate member of Team Owl! This engaging nonfiction picture book is full of vibrant, humorous illustrations and owl lessons that will have readers eagerly practicing their hoots, toe swivels, and alertness (even if they can’t grow feathers).
Bespectacled Professor Olaf offers nine lessons on being an owl for human readers...A clever, owl-centric introduction to a familiar bird most readers have never seen.
—Kirkus Reviews
Jane Porter has written and illustrated many books for young readers, including Pink Lion and Brian the Brave. She lives and works in London.

Maddie Frost has written and illustrated many books for young readers, including Wakey Birds. She lives with her husband and dog outside Boston.

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Do you have what it takes to be an owl? Find out in this funny, fact-filled picture book.

Welcome to Owl School! Professor Olaf Owl is here to tell you everything you need to know about being an owl, from hunting to camouflage to seeing in the dark. Study hard, and soon you’ll be a first-rate member of Team Owl! This engaging nonfiction picture book is full of vibrant, humorous illustrations and owl lessons that will have readers eagerly practicing their hoots, toe swivels, and alertness (even if they can’t grow feathers).

Praise

Bespectacled Professor Olaf offers nine lessons on being an owl for human readers...A clever, owl-centric introduction to a familiar bird most readers have never seen.
—Kirkus Reviews

Author

Jane Porter has written and illustrated many books for young readers, including Pink Lion and Brian the Brave. She lives and works in London.

Maddie Frost has written and illustrated many books for young readers, including Wakey Birds. She lives with her husband and dog outside Boston.