Known for her fun and informative nonfiction, Gail Gibbons' "Owls" is a great place to start to learn about one of the most recognizable birds in the world.
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Join us in celebrating Google's most trending typo on Superbowl Sunday with this list of Children's books about some splendidly Superb Owls. List created by Anna from the North Independence Branch.
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- Siblings Ivy and Ezra love to volunteer with their family at the local wildlife hospital. When Ezra finds two baby screech owls that seem to have fallen from a nest, Ivy and he do whatever they can to help them return to the wild.
- Have you ever noticed how big and round owl's eyes are? Kinda like an alien... or at least twelve-year-old alien-obsessed Simon thinks so. Are the strange things happening on his camping trip real or just his imagination?
- With the help of new friends and a magical flute that summons owls, Orphan Minerva Mint sets out to find out who she really is in the first book of Elisa Puricelli Guerra's Minvera Mint series.
- This band of Knight Owls will need all their courage, cunning and kindness to defeat Phil the Dragon in this Level One reader, perfect for kiddos just starting to learn to read.
- Barn Owl Soren suspects trouble when he arrives at his new home, St. Aggie's home for orphaned owls, He and his elf owl friend Gylfie must embark on a journey to try and save all of owl-kind in the first book in Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole…
- Owly longs for friendship, but no one gives him a chance—until he meets Wormy. Though physically very different, they discover how much they have in common in the first book of Andy Runton’s Owly series.
- When Roy and his family move to Florida, he befriends Beatrice, a spunky girl with a secret, She and her friends have been covertly taking care of a family of endangered burrowing owls. Can they save the owls' habitat from land developers?
- In the first book of Rebecca Elliot's Owl Diaries series, young owl Eva Wingdale is excited for the school festival but quickly learns sometimes fun things take a lot of work and there's no shame in asking for help
- In Kate Dicamillo's first book in her Orris and Timble series, Orris the Rat has everything he needs in the barn he calls a home, until one day an Owl becomes stuck in a trap. Can Orris make the choice he knows is right and overcome prejudice?
- Can you find out Whooooo done it? Join the Night Owl Detective Agency where best friends Wallace and Grace help their friends solve mysteries in the first book of Heather Alexander's Wallace and Grace series, "Wallace and Grace take the case".
- From befriending Winter, to being escorted by the Moon, join Owl at home in this collection of five short stories from Arnold Lobel.
- It's hard to find someone to play with when everyone else is asleep. When Sam the Owl finds a friend in Gus the firefly, they have tons of fun with Gus' light, until Sam starts to worry that maybe Gus is having too much fun.
- Learn all about Owl biology, their habitats, and the threats to their survival. Give a hoot and join conservationists and people just like you in the protection of these superb owls and their homes.
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