Owl

See How They Grow

by Mary Ling

Close-up integrated photographs and an informative text follow every stage of an owl's development from its hatching from an egg to its full-grown stage.

Genres: Nonfiction, Birds, Childrens, Animals, Science

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Mary Ling is an author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Mary Ling include Dk Readers Level 4: First Flight: the Story of the Wright Brothers, Debi Gliori's Bedtime Stories, Ocean (Eye Wonder), and Dk Readers Level 1: Cat and Kittens.

Reviews

[Lauren Stoolfire · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're interested in owls the photos in this book are excellent.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

My older boys (8-yrs-old) enjoyed the pictures. The text was very, very simple and not overly informative, but the pictures of the newly hatched owl, then again at 3 days, or a week or 3 weeks were really neat.

My 5-yr-old loved this. He spent about 30 minutes looking through it, and asked me to read it twice. For some reason the picture of the young owl turning its head cracked him up and he spent a lot of time laughing. The 2-yr-old also enjoyed looking through this. He looked at it almost as long as his brother.

I think this is a valuable book for the pictures, but not so much for the information. For that reason I'd recommend you get it from the library.

[Duoduo Wang · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book document the baby owl's growing process by using the first-person narration to communicate with readers and express accurate information and knowledge to children. The combination of the photographs and illustration is so interesting, the illustration is used as an artwork border to decorate the pages and enrich the information as a storyline.

[Jodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very simple text to help readers learn how the owl changes from when it is born to when it becomes an adult. It is a short story, but done in a way that younger readers will be able to see with the pictures that are used and the visual at the very end of the story.

[Veronica Ika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Owl Growth in Pictures
A photographic paperback that shows an owl's development from just hatched to eight weeks old through clear, step-by-step images, complete with a cute sticker sheet for added fun.

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic photo-essay of a young owl growing up. When they are born they are really quite un-owllike, and it's fascinating to watch them grow to adult looking owls over 12 weeks.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Photos!

[Lucía Díaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book about owls and their growing process. The process begins with the egg then it shows the baby owl hatching out of its shell. The book goes on to show us how they grow throughout the weeks, from the growth of their feathers to them learning how to jump, walk, and fly.

I'm giving this book three stars because the layout is boring and plain. Nothing excites me nor was there anything keeping my attention. I did, however, enjoy the way they used actual photographs of the owl through each stage and how the borders were decorated with cartoon sketches of it. Some images took up two pages, such as the ending. It states, “See how I grew” and contains individual photos, placed side by side in two neat rows. You can compare the changes the owl goes through every two weeks which was neat to see. This would be a good book to read in a science class or to give to a child that if fond of owls and curious to learn.

[Little Champs]

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