Otis the Owl Contributor(s): Holland, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1628559403 ISBN-13: 9781628559408 Publisher: Arbordale Publishing OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Birds - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Baby Animals - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Nocturnal |
Dewey: 598.97 |
LCCN: 2016043593 |
Lexile Measure: 650 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.3" W x 9.8" (0.35 lbs) 32 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 187058 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In beautifully detailed photographs, Mary Holland captures the first few months of a baby owl's life. The huge eyes and fluffy feathers will steal the hearts of readers as they learn how barred owl parents ready their young owlets for the big world outside the nest. Follow along as Otis learns to eat, fights with his sister, and prepares for flight. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holland, Mary: - Mary Holland is a naturalist, nature photographer, columnist, and award-winning author with a life-long passion for natural history. After graduating from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Mary worked as a naturalist at the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in New York state, directed the state-wide Environmental Learning for the Future program for the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, worked as a resource naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and designed and presented her own "Knee-High Nature Programs" for libraries and elementary schools throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. In addition to Animal Legs, Animal Mouths, and Animal Eyes her children's books include Otis the Owl, A Beaver's Busy Year and Ferdinand Fox's First Summer (NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books, Moonbeam Bronze award) with Arbordale and Milkweed Visitors, (Science Books and Films' list for the best books of 2006 in the category Children's Books under Zoological Sciences). |