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Helping Animals & Changing Habitats
Baby Owl's Rescue
What if you found a baby owl in your back yard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson from a little lost owl in Baby Owl s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis. The brother and sister pair just wanted to play baseball one day. They never expected to come face-to-face with a wild animal! Lush illustrations by Laura Jacques accompany this story and demonstrate the proper treatment of wildlife. This story reminds all of us that we live in a world surrounded by wild animals, and those wild animals deserve our caution and our respect! The For Creative Minds educational section includes: Great Horned Owl fun facts; Great Horned Owl adaptation matching activity; Owl life cycle sequencing activity; and What to do if you find an injured bird. Free cross-curricular Teaching Activities, Interactive Quizzes, and Related Websites are available online.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published June 10, 2009
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April 10, 2017
Kassidi - likes the owl pictures the best!
More about rescues. Kassidi seems to enjoy anything about animals. Read this book well with a little help with some harder words. End of 1st grade.
More about rescues. Kassidi seems to enjoy anything about animals. Read this book well with a little help with some harder words. End of 1st grade.
August 5, 2021
It seems an adorable story, and it is. But it is also what to do in the real world when a baby owl is found outside of their nest. Great instructions and resolution.
January 27, 2024
When a baby owl falls from his nest, a community works together to give him a helping hand. Two kids discover the owlet, and they alert their mother, who is a wildlife rehabber. She knows just what to do, and contacts the fire department, who use their equipment to return the owlet to his nest high in a treetop.
Great modelling of working together to help an animal in trouble, and both adults and children caring about the well-being of animal and wanting to do the best by them.
The illustration style is a little odd/dated, but it's doubtful young audiences will mind.
Great modelling of working together to help an animal in trouble, and both adults and children caring about the well-being of animal and wanting to do the best by them.
The illustration style is a little odd/dated, but it's doubtful young audiences will mind.
August 4, 2020
Very educational about baby animals in the wild--specifically great horned owl.
January 25, 2013
Mommy's review from 11/30/11 -
When I flipped through this at the library I was nervous because it shows a human mother actually picking up a stranded baby owl. I decided to take it home and read it myself before reading it to Julia and it all turned out okay.
In the story, the kids mother is a wildlife rehabilitator and I'm so pleased the author didn't just make her any mother with no experience. There's info about owls in general and Great Horned Owls in specific during the story and after.
I'm not sure how well the laundry basket tied to the tree branch would actually work in real life but if nothing else a child could very well take away a responsibility for safely helping wildlife and that's priceless.
There are a few pages of activities at the end of the book, much like most books of this nature and the first thing the kids see is the Fun Facts. These really are pretty interesting because I had no idea owls eat other owls. Something eating something else that's the same as it is has always turned my stomach, human or animal - I don't care if it's a bug or fish - it's gross.)
Readers learn how the females are larger than the males, that these owls breed earlier than others, how much they weigh, what they eat and where they're found, etc.
There's a Matching Activity on the next page with clips of pictures (talons in one, an ear in another, etc.) and the child can match these with the facts. It's easy enough that a kid can do this with minimal help.
The last two items are a Sequencing Activity and a What to Do. The first is just what you'd think and the child can take the 8 facts and put them in timeline order.
The last is what to do if a baby owl is found and there are some other interesting facts included here.
All in all I think it's worth reading. It's not too long, it's interesting, the illustrator did a goo job, there's a lot to learn and Great Horned Owls are found all over the U.S. (and further) so it's a good thing to know. You never know when this info might come in handy.
At the very, very least it gives children a sense of responsibility for helping wildlife - you can't go wrong there.
When I flipped through this at the library I was nervous because it shows a human mother actually picking up a stranded baby owl. I decided to take it home and read it myself before reading it to Julia and it all turned out okay.
In the story, the kids mother is a wildlife rehabilitator and I'm so pleased the author didn't just make her any mother with no experience. There's info about owls in general and Great Horned Owls in specific during the story and after.
I'm not sure how well the laundry basket tied to the tree branch would actually work in real life but if nothing else a child could very well take away a responsibility for safely helping wildlife and that's priceless.
There are a few pages of activities at the end of the book, much like most books of this nature and the first thing the kids see is the Fun Facts. These really are pretty interesting because I had no idea owls eat other owls. Something eating something else that's the same as it is has always turned my stomach, human or animal - I don't care if it's a bug or fish - it's gross.)
Readers learn how the females are larger than the males, that these owls breed earlier than others, how much they weigh, what they eat and where they're found, etc.
There's a Matching Activity on the next page with clips of pictures (talons in one, an ear in another, etc.) and the child can match these with the facts. It's easy enough that a kid can do this with minimal help.
The last two items are a Sequencing Activity and a What to Do. The first is just what you'd think and the child can take the 8 facts and put them in timeline order.
The last is what to do if a baby owl is found and there are some other interesting facts included here.
All in all I think it's worth reading. It's not too long, it's interesting, the illustrator did a goo job, there's a lot to learn and Great Horned Owls are found all over the U.S. (and further) so it's a good thing to know. You never know when this info might come in handy.
At the very, very least it gives children a sense of responsibility for helping wildlife - you can't go wrong there.
April 21, 2015
“Baby Owl's Rescue” is about two children Maddie and Max who find a baby owl. In this story it is filled with knowledgeable information of what to do when you encounter a wild animal. For example Maddie and Max encountered a baby owl playing baseball and are taught how to properly treat a wild animal. The book also informs children how wild animals are everywhere in the world and how we share our world with them. How to notify a rescue and not to touch them. I give this book a four for the information that is packed inside is truly wonderful. The age group intended for this picture book is early elementary aged children (4-8). This book is offered paperback, hardcover, and also ebook. The illustration in the book are filled with owls and some other wild animals. I believe the meaning behind this book to inform young children about wildlife is well written in words they can understand.
July 22, 2014
K picked this book up from his school library.
The pictures, the story all went together perfectly well. Two young kids find a baby owl in their backyard, and with the help from their mother the owl is put back into the tree. We learn a bit of a lesson that you should not touch an animal out in the wild. And that they are not pets. We learn the proper way to handle an injured or misplaced animal but only adults should do it.
You also learn about Great Horned Owls. At the end of the story, you get fun facts, an Owl's Life Cycle and what you should do if you find an injured bird which I think is great for all to know.
Overall a great story that both K and I enjoyed reading before bedtime.
The pictures, the story all went together perfectly well. Two young kids find a baby owl in their backyard, and with the help from their mother the owl is put back into the tree. We learn a bit of a lesson that you should not touch an animal out in the wild. And that they are not pets. We learn the proper way to handle an injured or misplaced animal but only adults should do it.
You also learn about Great Horned Owls. At the end of the story, you get fun facts, an Owl's Life Cycle and what you should do if you find an injured bird which I think is great for all to know.
Overall a great story that both K and I enjoyed reading before bedtime.
March 22, 2011
This is a good book about helping animals, although I think the story might have had too much going on for young elementary readers to keep track of. It has many things that children can relate to including playing catch outside, seeing firetrucks, and finding animals, but the story is fairly extensive. This story shows how to help animals in a safe way and the pictures reprsent the words on the pages very well.
January 14, 2012
The "creative minds" section has 4 pages of facts about the great horned owl, owls in general and injured birds
What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.
What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.
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September 14, 2018My daughter yanked this off the counter before I had a chance to take it to my office. She spent some time exploring the pages and then asked to read it at bedtime. There were plenty of "ooh's" for the adorable owlet and some great concern that mother owl would come back. She wanted to know if the baby owl ever learned to fly.
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