Little Owl's Orange Scarf - Softcover

Tatyana Feeney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192794558 ISBN 13: 9780192794550

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Little Owl loves doing sums, eating ice-cream, and riding his scooter. These are some of his favourite things. He has his favourite colours, too. And orange isn't one of them. So when Mummy knits a scarf as a surprise Little Owl knows that he definitely doesn't like it. It's itchy, long, and far too orange. After losing his scarf at the zoo, Mummy realizes that perhaps Little Owl should be involved in the choice and creation of a replacement. Her instincts are proved absolutely right. But whatever did happen to the orange scarf? Its fate is hinted at in this deftly-told humorous tale! A warm and witty yarn from the creator of Small Bunny's Blue Blanket, praised by The Telegraph as 'deceptively simple and decidedly sweet'

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About the Author

Tatyana Feeney grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She studied History of Art at the University of North Carolina and Design at the Art Institute of Atlanta before getting a BA in Illustration for Children's Publishing from NEWI in Wales. She has illustrated several books with Irish
publishers, including three in the Irish language. She has also done illustrations for websites and cards. Tatyana lives in Trim, County Meath with her husband, two children, and small dog.

From Booklist

There’s no accounting for taste. Little Owl’s mother has knitted him a long, warm, orange scarf. And he hates it. It’s not that Little Owl is negative—he loves adding numbers, eating ice cream, riding his scooter, and, usually, surprises—except this one. To Little Owl, the scarf is itchy, too long, and way too orange. He does everything he can to lose the scarf, but the wise mom owl always finds it. Until Little Owl’s class goes to the zoo, and he makes one giraffe very, very happy. Feeney’s line-and-wash illustrations ramp up the charm throughout, depicting our owls in spare blue with a dab of orange on their tiny beaks. The offending scarf, by contrast, is large and assertively orange. A satisfying lesson in listening and cooperation is given when the mother offers to knit another scarf but this time with Little Owl’s help, from visiting the yarn store onward. And guess what? It isn’t orange. Preschool-Grade 2. --Connie Fletcher

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0192794558
• ISBN 13: 9780192794550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28