White Owl, Barn Owl
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Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA -- School Library Journal, 1/10/2008 7:19:00 AM
White Owl, Barn Owl.
PreS-Gr 3–Owls have a mysterious simplicity that most people find intriguing. Nicola Davies weaves this feeling into her gentle story (Candlewick, 2007) about a young girl and her grandfather. Grandpa knows about owls, and teaches his granddaughter. Together they wait to see if the nest box he’s placed high in a nearby tree will be an acceptable home for a local owl family. When it is, they both rejoice. This gentle, sweet story also contains some good information about barn owls. While Debra Leigh reads the first-person narration, Michael Foreman’s warm, detailed watercolor illustrations are scanned iconographically. Flowing background music enhances, but never overwhelms. The presentation includes two segments that provide additional information about barn owls and nest boxes. A useful literature tie-in to science lessons about birds.
