Here is another wonderful post from the excellent teacher–Jennie!
The year was 1987.  I had been teaching preschool for three years.  I was immersed in children’s books, reading the great ones and the new ones.  That was the year I became picky about books, because what I read aloud to children made all the difference in the world.  I had mastered the art of stopping in the middle of reading to laugh, or cry, or to have an important conversation.  Reading aloud and knowing good books had become ‘my thing.’
1987 was also the year Jane Yolen wrote Owl Moon. It won the coveted Caldecott Medal.  It is that good.
The book transformed my reading, or perhaps it transformed me. I did far more than just read the words aloud. Children went on a hunt outdoors to find bits and pieces of nature in order to create our own Owl Moon mural.  I remember showing children the illustrations…
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Owl Moon is one of the books my kids most often asked to have read to them.
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wonderful!
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I know what you mean. It’s a hold-your-breath kind of book, waiting for what happens in the woods.
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I think about that book almost every night when I sit outside. I long to see an owl in my backyard.
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That would be wonderful!
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Thank you for sharing this story, Charles!
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Jennie, you are very welcome.
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I remember reading the Japanese translation of this book many moons ago 🙂
I am happy to discover it again, thank you for sharing this post.
Best wishes,
Takami
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You are very welcome.
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