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32 pp.
| Putnam |
April, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25526-7$16.99
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Now that he's old enough, and with mama's encouragement ("I'm sure you can be as brave as the rest"), an owlet takes his first flight; he encounters many things that frighten him until he learns what they are. The simple rhyming text is unremarkable, but the cool, soft watercolors do convey the owlet's fear of the unfamiliar night.