Oh, What a Knight Owl Interview: Talking With Christopher Denise About Tiny Armored Birds

The other day at my library’s 101 Great Books for Kids Meeting (we start ’em in January, baby) one of my co-workers declared that he’d found the Mel Fell of 2022. He said, and I quote, “It is absolutely beautiful and funny. With a satisfying ending … We do have a lot of books about animals so far (and it’s only February), but this one should definitely be considered one of the very best.”

And he’s not wrong. Though I try to resist the charms of all-animal books, some clearly stand apart ...