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Owl Moon
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Owl Moon Hardback - 1987

by Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)

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This timeless and beautiful classic--the winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal--celebrates its 20th anniversary with this edition featuring letters from Yolen and Schoenherr and a stunning silvery cover. Full color.

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Owl Moon is a 1987 children's picture book by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr. The book won many awards, most notably being the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, and has appeared on the show Reading Rainbow. Owl Moon has been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages, including French, German, Chinese, and Korean. A song by Bruce O'Brien is about this book. Yolen described the book as, "a positive family story. It's about a girl and her father.

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CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER - A soothing, poetic picture book that lovingly depicts the relationship of a young child and her father alongside humankind's relationship to the natural world. A verbal and visual treasure for the whole family!

I had been waiting
to go Owling with Pa
for a long, long time.

Late one winter night, a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.

But there is no answer.

Wordlessly, the two walk along, for when you go owling, you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes, there isn't an owl, but sometimes, there is.

With enchanting storytelling by distinguished author Jane Yolen, and soft, exquisite watercolor illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator John Schoenherr, Owl Moon is a timeless classic that is sure to delight readers of all ages.

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  • Title Owl Moon
  • Author Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 4th Printing
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Philomel Books, New York
  • Publication date 1987-10-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780399214578 / 0399214577
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 11 x 8.7 x 0.4 in (27.94 x 22.10 x 1.02 cm)
  • Age range 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 550
  • Themes
    • Seasonal: Winter
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fathers and daughters, Owls
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 87002300
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 11/13/1987, Page 0

About the author

Jane Yolen was born and raised in New York City and now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and Mystic, Connecticut. She graduated from Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. She has six honorary doctorates from New England colleges and universities for her body of work. The distinguished author of well over four hundred books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. Many of Yolen's stories and poems are rooted in her sense of family and self. The Emperor and the Kite, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1968 for its intricate paper-cut illustrations by Ed Young, was based on Yolen's relationship with her late father, who was an international kite-flying champion. Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal for John Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors, was inspired by her husband's interest in birding. You can visit Jane Yolen online at JaneYolen.com or follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/JaneYolen.

John Schoenherr was an American illustrator. He won the Caldecott Medal for US children's book illustration. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2015.

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