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  <title><![CDATA[Owls in the Family]]></title>
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  <default_description>This time-saving, easy-to-use teacher guide includes inspiring  lesson plans which provide a comprehensive novel unit--the legwork is done  for you!  The guide incorporates essential reading, writing and thinking  practice. (This is NOT the paperback novel.)</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1962</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Farley Mowat]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 19:50:09 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 19:50:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remembered loving this book from when I was a kid! My sister's favorite animals were owls, so we were in awe of Farley's family who had two pet owls. After looking around for this book in the library, I finally ordered it off Amazon.  It was so worth it!  It was a quick read of 3 sittings and all ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77503297">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73824451">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steph]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My thirteen year old self gives this book 5 stars. It's a fantastic adventure/nature/comedic story, and a quick read.  The book is based on Mowat's experiences as a kid growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1940's with a pet great horned owl.  Not the sort of thing that would be remotely acceptable toda...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73824451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48001973">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 03 09:52:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my third reading of this book and each time I remember all over again how much I love it.  It is so funny!  Farley Mowat is a &quot;hoot and a half&quot;.  First published in 1961 (my library has the '61 copy so it won't be around much longer)it was released in paperback in 1996.  Quick, re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48001973">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63949970">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 22:35:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[looks cute but looks like quite a bit of hunting in it...so will postpone for later...looks like most people read in 4th grade so will wait...<br/><br/>Warning: this was written in 1961, so the use of firearms and cruelty to animals is mentioned in several places. <br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="64491899">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 22 05:16:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 22 05:17:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[just a good old-fashioned book, based on the author's childhood, growing up in Saskathewan.  The author actually grew up to be a naturalist, and wrote many books about nature and such.... quick, fun read.  would be a good read-aloud book.]]></body>
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    <review id="71919231">
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    <body><![CDATA[So, this book is cute and easy to read.  The problem I had with it was it's supposed to be humorous, but I found it a little bit sad.  I don't know if I'm just weird that way or what, but other people would probaby enjoy it!]]></body>
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    <review id="64468158">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This was the first &quot;chapter&quot; book we read with our daughter and the whole family had fun with it -- especially since we have a white owl who likes to come perch on the fence and hoot at night outside our windows.]]></body>
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    <review id="58888820">
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    <body><![CDATA[The funniest laugh-out-loud book I've read in a long time. I read this to my son over the course of three days. We couldn't wait to find time for the next chapter. Warning: this was written in 1961, so the use of firearms and cruelty to animals is mentioned in several places. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the things I find funny about his diff. books is the way you find out that he's edited certain things from the stories. The end in real life was rather sadder than in the children's version.]]></body>
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    <review id="42645054">
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book in elementary school.  The adventure was gripping and the antics always thrilling to a little girl with a big imagination.]]></body>
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    <review id="69887531">
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  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 21:12:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had almost forgotten about this book but in the bookstore tonight I saw another book that made me remember this one.  Very good book.]]></body>
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    <review id="47127205">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rose]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story for kids! I learned a lot about owls. Farley Mowat (the author) certainly had a wonderful childhood.]]></body>
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    <review id="19062426">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mother read this to me when I was in elementary school, and I remember laughing so hard my belly hurt. It is the true story of a boy growing up in Saskatchewan, who numbers among his many pets, two great horned owls, which he rescued as chicks. Mowat tells the story of his boyhood with nostalgic ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19062426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49120495">
    <user id="85628">
    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 22:23:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the other of my two favorite books that was read to us in school as a kid. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan!]]></body>
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    <review id="67992037">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rollicking, refreshing, clean fun. 90 pages of boy humor.]]></body>
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    <review id="48463669">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 17:39:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was alright... I kind of liked it...]]></body>
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    <review id="44625964">
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    <body><![CDATA[it was so funny! owls are the best!]]></body>
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    <review id="58719993">
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    <body><![CDATA[fUNNY!!!!!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a sweet book.  A boy saves a young Great Horned Owl after a storm kills the owl's family and destroys their nest. He adopts the owl and names him Wol (Inspired by how Owl from Winnie-the-pooh mistakenly spells owl).  They have adventures and save another owl from mean boys throwing rocks.  The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12308351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I might be in the minority, but I thought this book was simply - OK. It is clean cut, which is refreshing in juvenile literature. Unfortunately, I found it almost boring. Worse, as a novel writing teacher, I found the writing technique tended to &quot;tell&quot; rather than to &quot;show.&quot; It i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27866242">more...</a>]]></body>
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