Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "out-of-the-woods"
"The Owl Goes On Holiday" and "Out of the Woods"
Summer is a great time to go out in the woods for real or in books.
The Owl Goes on Holiday
4 stars
Author: Ulf Stark
Illustrator: Ann-Catherine Sigrid Stahlberg
In this make believe woods an owl teaches young animals in a wild school. He mostly teaches how animals are alike and different.
Owl sleep all day. A woodpecker is chiseling a hole in the tree next to where the owl sleeps so he isn't getting much sleep.
A holiday is just what Owl needs. Magpie takes over the class with mixed results.
The illustrations are soft watercolors with bold animals.
Out of the Woods
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Rebecca Bond
The author's grandfather liked to tell of this event from 1914 when he was very young.
Antonio lived in a hotel rooming house by a lake in the woods of Ontario, Canada. He made friends with the staff, the visitors and the roomers. One thing he wanted was to see the animals living in the woods, but they stayed hidden.
A drought turned the woods dry. A fire started and swept through the woods. There was no fire crew to put the fire out. Everyone waded out into the lake. Then the animals appeared to take shelter in the lake until the fire burned itself out.
The illustrations are a watercolor wash with pen drawings.
The Owl Goes on Holiday
4 stars
Author: Ulf Stark
Illustrator: Ann-Catherine Sigrid Stahlberg
In this make believe woods an owl teaches young animals in a wild school. He mostly teaches how animals are alike and different.
Owl sleep all day. A woodpecker is chiseling a hole in the tree next to where the owl sleeps so he isn't getting much sleep.
A holiday is just what Owl needs. Magpie takes over the class with mixed results.
The illustrations are soft watercolors with bold animals.
Out of the Woods
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Rebecca Bond
The author's grandfather liked to tell of this event from 1914 when he was very young.
Antonio lived in a hotel rooming house by a lake in the woods of Ontario, Canada. He made friends with the staff, the visitors and the roomers. One thing he wanted was to see the animals living in the woods, but they stayed hidden.
A drought turned the woods dry. A fire started and swept through the woods. There was no fire crew to put the fire out. Everyone waded out into the lake. Then the animals appeared to take shelter in the lake until the fire burned itself out.
The illustrations are a watercolor wash with pen drawings.
