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So You Want to Be an Owl by Jane Porter

Do YOU have what it takes to be an owl? Find out in this funny, fact-filled book!

So You Want to Be an Owl by Jane Porter (01/12/21)
Welcome to Owl School! Professor Olaf Owl is here to tell you everything you need to know about being an owl, from hunting to camouflage to seeing in the dark. Study hard, and soon you’ll be a first-rate member of Team Owl! Offers nine lessons on being an owl for human readers – including hoots, toe swivels, and alertness.

Other new owl books to hoot about!
A Is for Another Rabbit by Hannah Batsel (ebook on Hoopla)
Of a Feather by Dayna Lorentz (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive, audiobook on Hoopla)
Owl Diaries: Eva’s Campfire Adventure by Rebecca Elliott (ebook on Overdrive)
The Owl Who Asks Why by Michelle Garcia Andersen
Owly: The Way Home by Andy Runton (ebook on Overdrive)
Snowy Owls by Betsy Rathburn (ebook & audiobook on Hoopla)
Yours in Books by Julie Falatko (ebook on Hoopla)

DVD bonus!
Owls: Wise and Wonderful

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