Owls in the Family
Random House Children's Books · Paperback · March 30, 1996
Every child needs to have a pet.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, funny children’s adventure finds neighbourhood life disrupted by two cantankerous owls.
- Themes
- Pet ownership, Animal mischief, Neighborhood chaos
- Pacing
- Fast
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Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie—which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog—grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down s warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.
Pets Gone Sideways
A warm, funny children’s adventure finds neighbourhood life disrupted by two cantankerous owls.
Come here for
- Comic chaos from an unruly menagerie
- A playful tale with a warm streak
Expect
- Owls, crows, magpies, gophers, and a dog
- Adventure and suspense as the town is turned upside down
Where it sits
| Bird Stories | 88% |
|---|---|
| Pet Stories | 48% |
| Funny Stories | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bird Stories
- Funny Stories
- Nature & Wildlife
- Authors
- Farley Mowat
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- March 30, 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Pet ownership · Animal mischief · Neighborhood chaos
- Reading lane
- Bird Stories