Owl Moon (2006)
by Jane Yolen
ISBN: 0590420445
Interest Level by Scholastic: K-Gr.2 Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.2.9
Type: Picture Book, US Book Genre: Books for Family,Caldecott Medal
IL by AR: Lower Grade RL by AR: Gr.3.2
Lexile: 630L DRA: 34 Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell)O
Age: 7+ UK Equivalent: Key Stage 2
Synopsis: A young girl and her father take a nighttime stroll near the farm where
they live to look for owls. It is a beautiful night, a moonlit winter
night. Bundled tightly against the cold, they trudge through the
pristine snow, "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl." As they go,
hidden in ink-blue shadows, a fox, a raccoon, a field mouse and a deer
watch them pass. A delicate tension builds as the father imitates the
great horned owl's call once without answer, then again. Finally, from
out of the darkness "an echo/came threading its way/through the trees."
(Credits to Scholastic)
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