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Superb Owl

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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  • 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.
    Book, 2022New York : Holiday House, [2022]
  • 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.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
  • 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?
    Book, 2019Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
  • 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.
    Book, 2014North Mankato, MN : Capstone Young Readers, [2014]
  • 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.
    Book, 2019New York : Simon Spotlight, 2019.
  • 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…
    Book, 2010New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, [2010]
  • 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.
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press, 2020.
  • 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?
    Book, 2002New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2002]
  • 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
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., [2015]
  • 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?
    Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024.
  • 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".
    Book, 2017New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
  • From befriending Winter, to being escorted by the Moon, join Owl at home in this collection of five short stories from Arnold Lobel.
    Book, 1975New York : HarperCollins, [1975]
  • 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.
    Book, 1958New York, N.Y. : Beginner Books, [1958]
  • Owls

    Who Gives a Hoot?

    Backhouse, Frances,
    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.
    Book, 2024Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, [2024]