Owl at Home (I Can Read ~ Level 2)
I particularly loved the Tear-Water Tea story ... read it and weep ... with chuckles that is!**Like my reviews? I also have hundreds of detailed reports that I offer too. These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you'll know just how clean it is or isn't. I also have Clean Guides (downloadable PDFs) which enable you to clean up your book before reading it! Visit my website!
Purchased as a gift. I was given this thirty years ago and have read it to children from three years old to sixteen. Beautiful stories with a wonderfully amusing (yet also in some ways very sad) Owl in his home. I particularly love 'Tear Water Tea' and of course the fabulous 'Strange Bumps'I also have a copy of the same author's book 'Frog and Toad'. Again, a wonderful book.
More wonderful stories from Lobel.My favorite of these was when Owl couldn't decide whether to stay upstairs or downstairs, and finally found a clever solution. I also remember Owl's tear-drop tea, especially because I cried along with Owl for those poor pencil stumps that are too short to use and those poor lost spoons no one ever finds and those beautiful sunrises no one will ever see. I was a very sentimental child.But besides all that, it's always delightful to read about your own species ;)
Don't be fooled by the cheery, bright-eyed owl merrily beaming at you on the cover. That candle is the only thing keeping our poor Owl from plunging into the darkness of his paranoid solitude.I don't know why I find this so amusing (and seriously, it's one of the funniest books to read to your kids), but each of the five stories in this collection shows our protagonist suffering some level of dementia. And I'm not trying to put some sinister spin on this book unnecessarily. All of these stories
My kids and I loved reading this book at bedtime when they were small. The stories and warm illustrations gave me a cozy, homey feeling, though I remember my daughter being a little spooked by the bumps in owl's bed. One of my favorite children's classics. {Olathe Public Schools Core Literature List, Grade 1}
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Title | : | Owl at Home (I Can Read ~ Level 2) |
Author | : | Arnold Lobel |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
Published | : | October 18th 1982 by HarperCollins (first published 1975) |
Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction |
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Even though this book was published in 1975, it is still very beloved and a classic for children nowadays. I always read children this book and children continue to talk about and love this book. Not only was Lobel a great author, but his illustrations are on point. Some people adore Frog and Toad Are Friends and the other Frog and Toad books - I agree. They are great. Some people love Mouse Soup. But for me, the best Lobel book will always be Owl At Home. 1.) The first story, THE GUEST, is about the time Owl heard a banging and pounding on the door. Owl was just trying to sit in front of the fire and eat his buttered toast and hot pea soup when he hears someone knocking on the door. http://thebookmamablog.files.wordpres... It is winter. Winter is knocking at the door. Owl decides to be kind and let Winter into the house. But Winter is a terrible houseguest. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1v_fg3KAuyI... It freezes the soup and puts out the fire. It covers the inside of Owl's house in snow. Finally, Owl kicks Winter out of the house. Owl made a new fire in the fireplace. The room became warm again. The snow melted away. The hard, green ice turned back into soft pea soup. Owl sat down in his chair and quietly finished his supper. This story is amazing. Wintery and spooky. 2.) STRANGE BUMPS This is one of my favorite stories in life. Owl is going to bed when he sees two strange lumps under the blanket. Owl lifted up the blanket. He looked down into the bed. All he could see was darkness. Owl tried to sleep, but he could not. This scary, frightening tale is a precursor to the Grudge. The little ones will be reading this book, and then when they are teenagers looking for a scary movie they will pop in THE GRUDGE or maybe JU-ON and the will get the shit scared out of them and they will remember this little story. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx-pZVKELPA... "What if those two strange bumps grow bigger and bigger while I am asleep?" said Owl. "That would not be pleasant." No, it would not be pleasant. It would be scary as fuck. Of course, the "joke" is that Owl is lying in bed terrified of his own feet. Children will find this scary, yet ridiculous, in a way you swear no one could pull off, but Lobel does. Amazing story, A+ 3.) TEAR WATER TEA Owl thinks of things that are sad in order to cry. Then he boils his tears for tea and drinks it. Again, just the exact right combination of 'fun' and 'creepy as fuck.' Children will be delighted. http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7... 4.) UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS Owl always wonders about the parts of his house he is not in. When he is upstairs, he wonders how things are going downstairs. When he is downstairs, he always wonders how things are going upstairs. "There must be a way," said Owl, "to be upstairs and to be downstairs at the same time." He runs very fast up and down the stairs. Eventually he despairs. The book ends with "When I am up," said Owl, "I am not down. When I am down, I am not up. All I am is very tired!" Owl sat down to rest. He sat on the tenth step because it was a place that was right in the middle. http://georgeshannon.files.wordpress.... 5.) OWL AND THE MOON Okay, last story. Owl goes to the beach at night. He watches the moon for a long time. "If I am looking at you, moon, then you must be looking back at me. We must be very good friends." But when he leaves the beach, the moon starts following Owl home. No matter how many times Owl tells moon that moon shouldn't do this, moon keeps following him. http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/2... Eventually, The moon went behind some clouds. Owl looked and looked. The moon was gone. "It is always a little sad to say good-bye to a friend," said Owl. Owl came home. He put on his pajamas and went to bed. The room was very dark. Owl was still feeling sad. But when he looks out his window, he sees that moon has followed him all the way home. Then he is not as sad, sleeping in the moon's glowing light coming through his window. ... Tl;dr - This book has been and always will be a classic for young children. Not only are children delighted in a (smart, amazingly-written) book that they can read ALL ON THEIR OWN, but Lobel's stories and illustrations brilliantly combine spooky images and concepts with a foolish owl that the children can laugh at. Wonderful, amazing, and also serving as "baby's first scary book" (which has the safety catch of not being too scary), Lobel brings us a true marvel. Another amazing thing I've noticed is that children will remember these stories (especially STRANGE LUMPS) for their entire lives and even adults' faces light up when you remind them of this book. Wintery and scary. A true classic from 1975. Ages 0-6Present Books To Owl at Home (I Can Read ~ Level 2)
Original Title: | Owl at Home |
ISBN: | 0064440346 (ISBN13: 9780064440349) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Zilveren Griffel (1981), Vlag en Wimpel Penseeljury (1981) |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 6114 Users | 297 ReviewsWrite Up Regarding Books Owl at Home (I Can Read ~ Level 2)
2018 review: everybody thought this was great, and though silly, hilariously so. Found it at a book sale for a dime!2014 three star review: We didn't like this one as much as Lobel's Frog and Toad stories. This was irritatingly silly.I particularly loved the Tear-Water Tea story ... read it and weep ... with chuckles that is!**Like my reviews? I also have hundreds of detailed reports that I offer too. These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you'll know just how clean it is or isn't. I also have Clean Guides (downloadable PDFs) which enable you to clean up your book before reading it! Visit my website!
Purchased as a gift. I was given this thirty years ago and have read it to children from three years old to sixteen. Beautiful stories with a wonderfully amusing (yet also in some ways very sad) Owl in his home. I particularly love 'Tear Water Tea' and of course the fabulous 'Strange Bumps'I also have a copy of the same author's book 'Frog and Toad'. Again, a wonderful book.
More wonderful stories from Lobel.My favorite of these was when Owl couldn't decide whether to stay upstairs or downstairs, and finally found a clever solution. I also remember Owl's tear-drop tea, especially because I cried along with Owl for those poor pencil stumps that are too short to use and those poor lost spoons no one ever finds and those beautiful sunrises no one will ever see. I was a very sentimental child.But besides all that, it's always delightful to read about your own species ;)
Don't be fooled by the cheery, bright-eyed owl merrily beaming at you on the cover. That candle is the only thing keeping our poor Owl from plunging into the darkness of his paranoid solitude.I don't know why I find this so amusing (and seriously, it's one of the funniest books to read to your kids), but each of the five stories in this collection shows our protagonist suffering some level of dementia. And I'm not trying to put some sinister spin on this book unnecessarily. All of these stories
My kids and I loved reading this book at bedtime when they were small. The stories and warm illustrations gave me a cozy, homey feeling, though I remember my daughter being a little spooked by the bumps in owl's bed. One of my favorite children's classics. {Olathe Public Schools Core Literature List, Grade 1}
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