An air of expectancy builds as Pa imitates the Great Horned Owl's call once without answer, then again. Bundled tight in wool clothes, they trudge through snow "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl" here and there, hidden in ink-blue shadows, a fox, raccoon, fieldmouse and deer watch them pass. Such beautiful illustrations! They have a dream-like, almost magical, quality that perfectly recreates the look, feel, and silence of a snowy night under an owl moon.įrom Publishers Weekly - A girl and her father go owling on a moonlit winter night near the farm where they live. The kind of hope that flies on silent wings under a shining owl moon." "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl", "I was a shadow as we walked home" "When you go owling you don't need words, or warm, or anything but hope. The figurative language Yolen uses captures the essence of the experience from a little girls perspective.
what a sweet story of father/daughter relationships, patience, and love of nature. I felt that I had walked with the father and daughter under the owl moon.
Under a full moon, they quietly trek through the snow, and the cold, and the dark, stopping occasionally for dad to make his owl calls - waiting, waiting, waiting for an answer.Īfter I read the book, I wanted a cup of hot cocoa and a warm blanket to snuggle under. A little girl goes on her very first "owling" with her dad.
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