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Owl Moon
Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.But there is no answer.
Wordlessly the two companions walk along, or when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but s...more
Wordlessly the two companions walk along, or when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but s...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
October 23rd 1987
by Philomel
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This story is simple yet contemplative. It takes place during a snowy, moon lit, still night when a young child and a father walk in the woods looking for owls. The two are very quiet walking among the trees and throughout their entire time together. The story is really all about the time spent together between father and child. The watercolor illustrations in this book compliment the text and the picture of the owl was much more detailed than the rest. I think this was purposely done to emphasi...more
Genre: Nature, Realistic Fiction
Role of illustrations in this book: The illustrations do a wonderful job of expanding the text by helping you to feel the setting more realistically. The coldness feels colder and the darkness feels darker with the richness of the illustrations.
Age appropriate for: Ages 5 to adult.
SYNOPSIS:
Characters: A little girl and her Dad.
Plot: On a freezing cold winter night a little girl finally gets to go owling with her Dad. They trudge through the snow into the forest...more
Role of illustrations in this book: The illustrations do a wonderful job of expanding the text by helping you to feel the setting more realistically. The coldness feels colder and the darkness feels darker with the richness of the illustrations.
Age appropriate for: Ages 5 to adult.
SYNOPSIS:
Characters: A little girl and her Dad.
Plot: On a freezing cold winter night a little girl finally gets to go owling with her Dad. They trudge through the snow into the forest...more
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen is a contemporary realistic fiction book. It won the Caldecott Medal, and is intended for Primary (P) readers. It is the story of a little girl who goes owling one late, cold night with her Pa. Walking through the woods, trudging through the snow, the little girl is not disappointed when upon the first call of whoo-whoo-whoo, silence is the only response. She is simply happy to finally be on this venture with her father.
The little girl’s high spirits is endearing, and wou...more
The little girl’s high spirits is endearing, and wou...more
Apr 06, 2013
Florence Baumgardner
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Children and adults
Recommended to Florence by:
Teacher
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Owl Moom by Jane Yolen illustrated by John Schoenherr
ISBN-13: 978039921457
Owl Moom by Jane Yolen illustrated by John Schoenherr is the Caldecott Award winner for 1988. This picture book and can also go under the genre of contemporary realistic fiction is written for P-Primary ages 5-8. The book is about a child and their Pa who go owling together for the first time in the woods where they live. Calling out a owl sounds and hoping for a return response is all the excitement a young child needs....more
ISBN-13: 978039921457
Owl Moom by Jane Yolen illustrated by John Schoenherr is the Caldecott Award winner for 1988. This picture book and can also go under the genre of contemporary realistic fiction is written for P-Primary ages 5-8. The book is about a child and their Pa who go owling together for the first time in the woods where they live. Calling out a owl sounds and hoping for a return response is all the excitement a young child needs....more
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr is about a little girl and her father who go owling late one winter night. The father calls to the bird but there is no answer. The daughter and father walk silently to find the bird. I chose this book for my poetic book because of the way the book was written. The words are gentle and run smoothly together. I think the poetic writing of this book works perfectly because there is no dialog. The author is describing what the characters are...more
Owl Moon, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr, is a beautiful story about a time when a little girl goes "owling" with her Pa. The little girl and her Pa trudge through crispy snow to get to the woods (on one page, the snow was described as "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl.) Once they reach the woods, Pa begins making echo calls to the owls, but he hears no response. Finally, Pa and the little girl hear an echo after they call to the owl. When Pa turns on his flashligh...more
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“Owl Moon” is a beautiful book about a little girl who goes owling with her father for the first time in the dark forest on a snowy night. The young girl tells the story through her thoughts as she goes on this adventure with her father since she cannot speak because “if you go owling you have to be quiet.” The author, Jane Yolen, uses very descriptive and poetic language throughout the story to describe the setting of the book and the characters thoughts and actions. For example, the author sta...more
Owl Moon, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr, was the Caldecott Medal winner in 1988. The first thing that I noticed about the illustrations was the scenery on the pages. All of the trees and surrounding wildlife was incredibly detailed. The footsteps drawn in the snow actually looked like they had depth to them which made them very realistic to me. The faces of the characters were drawn without any distinct features but the clothes that they are wearing were very detailed....more
Owl Moon is a lovely story about a young girl who finally gets the opportunity to go “owling” with her father one cold, snowy night in the forest. As they walk through the woods, the girl thinks of all the characteristics that you must possess when you go “owling,” such as you must be quiet, brave, and make your own heat. Her father calls out “Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooo” into the night air, until he hears the answer of a giant owl. He shines his flashlight on the owl, so both of them are able...more
Owl Moon begins with a father who takes his daughter out into the night Owling. The author, Yolen, describes how the child felt as she went out with her father on this great adventure. The daughter is so excited to be with her father she follows him quietly and patiently just her father is doing. After walking for awhile, the father stops them and calls out to bring in the owl. No owl was heard or in sight. They continue Owling. The Pa says, "sometimes there is an owl, sometimes there isn't." Th...more
In this story we first get an amazing view from above, which is an owl's eye view, of a small farm in the country. I loved this poetic type of childrens book, and this unique adventure of a story. Also I thought that the illustrations really added to the book. I would recommend this story for first-third graders.
From Publishers Weekly
A girl and her father go owling on a moonlit winter night near the farm where they live. Bundled tight in wool clothes, they trudge through snow "whiter than the mi...more
From Publishers Weekly
A girl and her father go owling on a moonlit winter night near the farm where they live. Bundled tight in wool clothes, they trudge through snow "whiter than the mi...more
Owl Moon written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr is a picture book of realistic fiction. This book's targeted age group is late Nursery(N) and early Primary(P). Owl Moon won a Caldecott Medal for its illustrations.
This is the story of a young girl and her father who set out one cold snowy night in anticipation of calling and hearing an owl.With crunching snow and complete silence she follows her father through the woods hoping to catch a glimpse of the revered owl. As the story...more
This is the story of a young girl and her father who set out one cold snowy night in anticipation of calling and hearing an owl.With crunching snow and complete silence she follows her father through the woods hoping to catch a glimpse of the revered owl. As the story...more
I was expecting great things from this book as soon as I saw the nicely illustrated cover and, I wasn't disappointed with my choice of selecting it. It was the story about a little girl who goes owling with her father on a cool, winter night. Great descriptions and illustrations depicted what it was like for them on their journey and, it made the reader feel like they were going right along with them on each and every page. Yolen did an exceptional job making the reader understand the temperatur...more
I love this story. It is about a little girl who goes out to the woods and goes owling with her father. They live out on a farm and it is winter time with plenty of snow on the ground. The little girl compared the quietness around to that of a dream, and then goes on to tell you that you must be very quiet when you go owling. I love how descriptive the author is because it sets the setting to where you could visualize it in your head. This would even be a great spot to read aloud to your student...more
This book is very slow and smooth. It is somewhat of a peaceful and calm book. The illustrations are very realistic and beautiful and would surely catch a childs imagination and interest. The book itself kind of follows a story placed in the cold winter. It can catch a childs interest on the world going on around them. Nature and animals can make a child wonder what goes on in the world. The book talks about an owl and its noise in a silent winter night. The boy gets very interested in what an o...more
The little girl was so set on being quiet and her pa was real good at the owl call. I know that she was hoping to see an owl but her brothers warned her that they didn't always see one. She got lucky, because she got to see the Great Horned Owl. They went back to their house triumphant on their owling expedition. John Shoenherr is a genius. His illustrations are marvelous. The detail in the Great Horned Owl was stunning and the outdoors were masterfully painted. I have read this book many times...more
Owl Moon was a book that I found had beautiful illustrations. The plot line of this book is rather simple and tells the story of a little girl who goes out with her dad to go see the owl that lives in the tree in the night. This book has detailed illustrations that almost make ever illustration look as if it was a picture. Each page is drawn with great precision, to the point where you can feel lots of dimension in the picture. This book uses lots of blue and gray tones in its artwork in order t...more
This was creatively written using the voice of a young child narrating this book. This book was about an adventure in bird watching, but in this instance, it was regarding bird watching owls, during the dark evening. Older preschoolers would much appreciate a story, like the one told in this book, about an adventure done with someone they love dearly, and to be seen as "old enough" to embark on this adventure. Children would be able to relate about being "old enough" to do certain things because...more
“Owl Moon” was a good book immersing me into the owling experience. Both the words and the illustrations carried me deeper into the story and into the woods. With all the white in the illustration I felt cold. Seeing the little girl trudging through the snow helped me image what it was like to be in such a snowy forest. The narration helped my image the silence in the forest as I waited with the narrator to see if an owl would respond to the calls of her father. The illustration in the book took...more
Jane Yolen wrote Owl Moon, which is a story about a young girl going owling with her Pa. The girl and her father have a loving relationship, in which they do not even need words; while owling, they need to be extremely quiet, so the girl and her father rarely talk to one another. However, the girl has been waiting a long time to be able to do this with her father and was really looking forward to it. This story uses descriptive language that brings the reader into the story and makes the reader...more
I checked this book out of the library because my son is crazy for the How do Dinosaurs... line of books, written by the same author.
While I juggled my screaming two-year-old who did not want to leave the library and the dozen picture books we checked out, the librarian made the point to ask me if I had read this book before. I told her I hadn't. She said "You've been warned. It's beautiful".
I can easily say I have not been disappointed. Owl Moon is the story of one girl's late night outing to...more
While I juggled my screaming two-year-old who did not want to leave the library and the dozen picture books we checked out, the librarian made the point to ask me if I had read this book before. I told her I hadn't. She said "You've been warned. It's beautiful".
I can easily say I have not been disappointed. Owl Moon is the story of one girl's late night outing to...more
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen is a Contemporary Realistic Fiction book because the story isn’t true but it could be true. This book is also an award winning book. This book won the Caldecott medal. The story Owl Moon was about a father and young son who went owling late one winter night. It was a silent, still night when father decided to go trekking through the snow long after the little boys bed time to try to find Great Horned Owls. This could be something that really happened but this story was jus...more
Owl Moon
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by John Schoenherr
Genre: Poetry
Going owling with her father, the young girl learns much more than just how to go owling. She and her father create an unspoken bond that will last a lifetime.
Critique:
A. The area for critique is the illustrations and the story.
B. The story is told by the young girl and is in the form of a poem. The words are so descriptive that the reader can really picture being the girl. Even though the girl is cold and at one point, a little...more
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by John Schoenherr
Genre: Poetry
Going owling with her father, the young girl learns much more than just how to go owling. She and her father create an unspoken bond that will last a lifetime.
Critique:
A. The area for critique is the illustrations and the story.
B. The story is told by the young girl and is in the form of a poem. The words are so descriptive that the reader can really picture being the girl. Even though the girl is cold and at one point, a little...more
1. Contemporary Realism
2. You find your inner voice reading in a whisper as this beautiful story unfolds. A father and daughter embark on a quiet and late walk into the woods to find a special bird and end up finding a special bond between the two of them.
3. Critique
a. The poetic words of this book take your breath away. It's imagery so takes you that you begin to shiver as if you're in the snowy forest with them.
b. The strongest aspect of this book is its poetic storytelling charm. The voice o...more
2. You find your inner voice reading in a whisper as this beautiful story unfolds. A father and daughter embark on a quiet and late walk into the woods to find a special bird and end up finding a special bond between the two of them.
3. Critique
a. The poetic words of this book take your breath away. It's imagery so takes you that you begin to shiver as if you're in the snowy forest with them.
b. The strongest aspect of this book is its poetic storytelling charm. The voice o...more
Owl Moon was a book that I had to read twice it was a book that just couldnt be read once. I read it once in our reading class and once outside of class. Owl Moon was just as great the second time as it was the first time. Throughout the book I felt like this father son/daughter outting was a right of passage for a young being before the transition to young/adulthood. During the reading I tried to remember if I had a type of passage that my father did with me while growing up and as I look back...more
After waiting for a long time, a young girl finally gets her first chance to travel with her father through a winter wonderland, set at night, to go owling. The young girl scurries in the cold to keep up with her father as they head into the deep dark woods, but never once complains because she knows she must keep quiet, make her own warmth, and stay brave in order to go owling. No words are needed. To keep her from disappointment, her brothers warn her that sometimes there is an owl, and someti...more
Owl Moon is a magical book. I don't know if it's because I love owls, or the pattern of the book, or just the beauty of the writing, but I just loved this book! Some of the descriptions simply took my breath away.
Lucy Calkins uses this a mentor text in Launching the Writer's Workshop. I checked it out once, but for some reason never got around the reading or using it. I will definitely use it this year, though.
WritingFix also has a lesson inspired by Yolen's sentence fluency that helps students...more
Lucy Calkins uses this a mentor text in Launching the Writer's Workshop. I checked it out once, but for some reason never got around the reading or using it. I will definitely use it this year, though.
WritingFix also has a lesson inspired by Yolen's sentence fluency that helps students...more
I have actually read this book when I was a child, but now I have finally got the chance to re-read this book again! “Owl Moon” is a Caldecott Medal award winning book by Jane Yolen along with illustrations by John Schoenherr and it is about how a young girl goes out with her father to see an owl and experiences the magic of looking at owls all in one night. “Owl Moon” will easily be treasured by many children for years to come!
One late winter night, a girl and her father decided to go out to se...more
One late winter night, a girl and her father decided to go out to se...more
Summary: A young girl and her father go owling on a moonlit, cold, winter night. Bundled up as can be they trudge through the woods and snow searching for an owl as a variety of other animals watch close by. "As expansive as the broad sweep of the great owl's wings and as close and comforting as a small hand held on a wintry night . . . The visual images have a sense of depth and seem to invite readers into this special nighttime world."--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color. 1988...more
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Yolen was born at Beth Israel Hospital, the first child of Isabel Berlin and Will Hyatt Yolen. She and her family moved to California when she was young but returned to New York a few years later. After her younger brother was born, her father joined the army and served on the European front during WWII. Yolen spent her childhood taking piano lessons, ballet dancing and writing a neighborhood news...more
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