Owly

by Mike Thaler

Book Overview

When Owly asks his mother question after question about the world, she finds just the right ways to help him find the answers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006026151X
• ISBN13: 9780060261511
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

As I see many mothers would quote this book I too used the quote in my daughter's dedication for her senior yearbook, we will always treasure this story.

beautiful story

This book is my childhood, It's an amazing beautiful story, that I still quote when telling someone how much I love them.

GREAT BOOK

MY BOYS ARE NOW 19 AND 15 AND I USED TO READ THEM THIS BOOK WHEN THEY WERE SMALL. ONE IS NOW IN AWAY IN COLLEGE, THE OTHER IS, WELL, 15. BUT WHENEVER WE SAY GOODNIGHT OR SO LONG WE WOULD SAY I LOVE YOU-----AS MANY STARS AS THERE ARE IN THE SKY, ETC. I AM NOW PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BABY AND I WANT TO SHARE THE SAME JOY THAT WE GET NOW. IT IS AN EXCELLENT BOOKS. HOLD ON TO THESE STORIES AND TREASURE YOUR CHILDREN. ENJOY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.

Owly is a perfect read aloud for children of all ages.

As an elementary school librarian, I have read Owly so many times, I could recite it. Always, it holds the children as if they were experiencing Owly's adventures in answering his own questions and, ultimately, hearing from his mother how much she loves him. Every child should hear Owly read to him by someone who loves him without limit.

The Easiet Way To Explain a Parent's Love

When my son was a toddler reading him "Owly" was the best way for me to explain to him how very much he was loved.This simple story tells children, in measurements they understand, the boundless love of a parent. Seven years after first reading "Owly", whenever my son asks how much I love him, my immediate response is still "more than there are stars in the sky". Any child, regardless of age, should read this beautiful story.

Best Child's GoodNight Book

This book is the best good-night book I ever read to my daughter - She always went to sleep with the warmest feeling of love I could hope for. Owly asks questions like any two year old, and the last being "how much do you love me mommy" - mommy answers to the effect that her love is wider than the oceans, more than the number of stars in the sky, etc. Very simple, very warm, very loving bedtime story.