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Good-Night, Owl!
by
Pat Hutchins
Owl couldn't sleep -- not while the bees were buzzing, the crows croaking, the starlings chittering, and the jays creaming. Every time there seemed to be some peace and quite, someone else landed in the hollow tree and woke Owl up again. Would Owl ever get any rest? Pat Hutchins's simple, cumulative story ends with a surprising twist that will send children off to sleep la...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
April 30th 1990
by Aladdin
(first published 1972)
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Good-Night, Owl by Pat Hutchins was a great book for primary aged kids. Th book was in portrait format which worked great for this book because every page had a tall tree on it. Looking at the cover it has a color scheme of warm, which seems odd since the title has to do with night time. The font of this book black and simple times new roman. It also is in an odd location on every page, instead of being on the bottom or top of page the words are on the right in the middle of the pages. The pictu...more
Good-Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins, an ALA Notable book, is a simple, cumulative tale of a sleepy owl who is kept awake all day by bees, a squirrel, crows, a woodpecker, starlings, jays, a cuckoo, a robin, sparrows, and doves who each make a different sound. Owl provides a twist at the end.
Children enjoy making the sounds that keep owl awake. They learn the concept of nocurnal animals. The illustrations are a highlight, with Owl's eyes indicating each new animal(s) who make noise. This is one of...more
Children enjoy making the sounds that keep owl awake. They learn the concept of nocurnal animals. The illustrations are a highlight, with Owl's eyes indicating each new animal(s) who make noise. This is one of...more
This book is intended for an audience of primary readers. The book is hard covered and has a portrait shape. This is because the story focuses on a tall tree and the different animals living on it. The book has a dedication reading, "To Morgan's Grandpa".The illustrations are very well done and colorful. They are full bleed illustrations and are double page spreads. The type face in the story is large and black. The interplay between the text and illustrations is enhancing. The author uses the o...more
Jan 30, 2013
Lindsay
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
bees,
birds,
owls,
squirrels,
repetition,
noises,
sounds,
going-to-sleep,
bedtime,
night,
moon,
picture-book,
children,
story-time
In this story, poor Owl can't go to sleep because everyone is making too much noise, but he gets them all back by waking them up at night.
This is a great story to use in story time settings! The kids will have fun learning the names of different types of birds and making the different bird calls. I've told the story in Spanish for both Spanish and bilingual story times a few times using flannel board art. I've only ever used it for an owl-themed program, but it can be used for several different...more
This is a great story to use in story time settings! The kids will have fun learning the names of different types of birds and making the different bird calls. I've told the story in Spanish for both Spanish and bilingual story times a few times using flannel board art. I've only ever used it for an owl-themed program, but it can be used for several different...more
Good night owl is a book where children can learn differnt noises. This book also teaches how important it is for others to be quit when others are sleeping. Good night owl can be a great bed time store to help children with the transition of being awake and preparing their body to sleep.
Learning activities: Teacher could put children in a large group and play different animal sounds and see how many the children get.
Learning activities: Teacher could put children in a large group and play different animal sounds and see how many the children get.
I like the concept of this one, simple though it is: an owl is trying to sleep during the day, but a bunch of other birds (and some squirrels and bees) are making too much noise. Then night falls and the owl makes a bunch of noise him or herself. The art is...not real pretty--lots of oranges and browns and yellows, and I kind of feel like it goes on a little too long. But all the bird noises are fun.
Initially I thought Good-Night Owl was going to be boring. The illustrations looked unique, but a little dated. The more I read, the more I appreciated each picture. The colors as well as the collage effect went perfect with the story. I don't know why but this book made me think of the seventies era. It made me think of the antique kitchens that were brown and yellow.
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Kids love to join in when you read them noisy books. Owl wants to sleep all through the day but all the other inhabitants of the tree are too noisy. Simple repetitive text and wild but interesting and attractive illustrations make this a wonderful book for reading to prereaders and beginning readers.
A very cute book! Kids learn different sounds that birds make, they learn about quite and loud, and they learn about nocturnal animals. I also really enjoy the pictures. My son loved this book when I brought it home and wanted an immediate second reading.
This book has been one of my favorites ever since I was a little boy. I love reading it to my children especially when they are saying the noises with me of the animals in the book. Instead of saying screech, screech for the owl, I say Whoo, Whoo!
The illustrations in this picture book are absolutely lovely. The story itself brings lots of bird sounds and is soothingly repetitive until the end when the owl surprises you.
Might use this for Halloween story time if I try to go easy on the Halloween stuff. I can't believe I'd never read this before. It was great and the illustrations lovely.
An owl can't sleep because so many animals are making noise. When night comes, the owl makes noise and wakes the animals.
Lots of names of various kinds of birds.
Lots of names of various kinds of birds.
Written the year I was born this book has withstood the test of time. Owl can't sleep during the day because of all the noises other animals are making.
So this one set a record. Daddy had to read 17 times last night! Sadly wasn't available in board book. My favorite owl book.
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My kids laugh and laugh when I read this to them its so fun, interactive, and clever! Another favorite in our house!
Read at Baby/Toddler Story Time on 9/20/11: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
This book is a great way to teach children about different animals, their sounds, and that owls are nocturnal.
Wonderful vintage illustrations! Invites children to chime in with animal noises. Would make a great felt.
I loved the humor, and I could see this book as a fun way to introduce children to different bird sounds.
a classic owl and animal sound book with Hutchins' signature patterned illustrations
Jan 31, 2012
Samantha
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Samantha by:
Alexandria King
Shelves:
elementary-school,
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This book was so funny!!! I really enjoyed making all the different noises of the woodland critters. Owl got the last laugh!! =)
This is one of my all time favorite read-alouds for storytime.
Read this lots of times with my children and we loved it
A funny story filled with fun animal sounds.
Beautiful artwork!
JEAR2-Hut
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repetetive story. cute. highlights characters with direction owl's eyes are pointing.
i decided to pick up this book because i liked the patterns in the artwork. i'm inspired to create artworks with patterns of other objects inside them. a collage of sorts.
the book has some kitsch aesthetic appeal as well.
i decided to pick up this book because i liked the patterns in the artwork. i'm inspired to create artworks with patterns of other objects inside them. a collage of sorts.
the book has some kitsch aesthetic appeal as well.
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