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‘Owl Babies’ written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Patrick Benson. You can buy this book brand new on Amazon for £3.89 (paperback). I would say the book is suitable for children over 3 years.
The book is about three baby owls called Sarah, Percy and Billy who live in a hole in a trunk of a tree with there mother. One night they wake up and there Mother is gone the three babies owls work out that she has probably gone hunting to get them some food. They end up waiting and waiting but she still doesn’t come back they start to worry a bit thinking maybe a fox has got her or she has got lost, they sit in the dark woods and just wait.Then they all close there eyes and wish that mother owl would return then at that moment Mother owl silently flies in through the trees. The baby owls are so excited to see Mother Owl. She wonders what all the fuss has been about they should know that she would come back.I think the book is really good as it shows the different character of the three baby owls all through the book. Sarah sounds like the smartest baby reassuring the two other baby owls that there mother will be back. Percy sounds like he just goes along with what Sarah says and Billy is the baby of the baby owls, all the way through the book he just says “I want my mummy”.
The illustrations in the book are really clear and you can see a lot of detail has gone into the pictures. They do look simple but if you look closely at the owls you can see the illustrator has worked hard at making there feathers look realistic and detailed. Most of the background on the pages is dark as the story is set in the dark woods but you can still see everything clearly and the owls stand out well.My daughters loved the book they enjoyed hearing about the baby owls and where they lived etc.. I think the book explained quite a lot about owls but in a simple format that children would understand as before the book my daughters wouldn’t know that the owls fly off and leave there babies to get there food. Throughout the book it mentions that the owls sat and thought and underneath in brackets it says (all owls think a lot) in the end when I said the baby owls sat and though my daughters started to repeat what was in the bracket as they were expecting me to say it. This made them get involved in the book and learn that owls are wise and think a lot.
Overall a fun book for your child I like reading this book to my daughters at night just before bed as the story is set at night and it is quite a calm story.ISBN 0-7445-3167-5
My review is all on dooyoo under the saame name gsparkle. Thank you for reading.
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This is a lovely book.
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