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Summary: Owl-eyed enchantment
Review: This book is both beautiful and sweet. I initially checked it out from the library because I was looking for books that were more challenging than straight picture-books to read aloud to my then three year old daughter. I renewed it three times, which is the limit for my library.Now I have had to purchase the book. I am pretty sure that I love this book as much as my daughter. Her favorite story is Strange Bumps, because she finds it hilarious that Owl cannot figure out that the "strange bumps" at the end of his bed are his own two feet. I vacillate between The Guest, because I find Owl's position by the fire eating soft pea soup utterly cozy and enchanting, and Tear-Water Tea, because I love Lobel's imaginative descriptions of the sad things that Owl thinks up to make himself cry. That story, in fact, has generated a whole new game in our household, which requires that my daughter and I "talk about nice things and sad things." My only complaint about this book is that Lobel wrote only one book with Owl as the main character.
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Summary: The best book by Lobel
Review: This even surpasses the Forg and Toad books, which every child must read. As good as children's books get!
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Summary: The best book by Lobel
Review: This even surpasses the Forg and Toad books, which every child must read. As good as children's books get!
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Summary: A favorite book to read my 4 yo
Review: Too bad Lobel didn't do more Owl books -- he's one of my favorites but I agree w/ the other reviewer who says this is his best! "Tear-water Tea" is my daughter's favorites and I don't mind reading it over and over again!
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Summary: Merited Praise
Review: We have a lot of children's books at home. This is undoubtedly one of the finest. The praise heaped upon it by the other reviewers is merited. What is, indeed, a shame is that Lobel did not write more in this vein.
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Summary: A childhood memory...
Review: What a joy this book has been in my life! I listened to my "read-along" record (yes, record) so many times that it was covered with scratches. I remember these little stories as the spark that began my interest in reading. Today I read them to God-daughter, and her laughter is matched only by my own.
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