![]() ![]() It’s one of Jane Yolen’s serious stories, which means you can read the beautiful, almost poetic text in your regular voice, which I remember finding tremendously relieving when the kids were very young, and so much else was lilting and frantic. That’s it-but John Shoenherr’s wintery, realistic illustrations are so exquisitely moonlit and lovely, and the story is so profoundly quiet and reverent, that a deep feeling of peace has always descended over us each of the million times we’ve read it. ![]() And, towards the book’s end, they spot one. ![]() A child and his or her father go out at night, in the deep winter woods near their farm, to see if they can spot any owls. It’s that kind of book: quiet and close, and it feels like what it’s about is you. Interestingly, my daughter has always thought that the little unnamed, bundled-up child in this book was a girl-and my son has always assumed it was a boy. Catherine Newman | The Children’s Book Review | JanuOwl Moonīy Jane Yolen Illustrated by John Shoenherr ![]()
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