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Little Owl's Orange Scarf

by Tatyana FEENEY
illus. by author. 32p. Knopf. June 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-449-81411-6; PLB $19.99. ISBN 978-0-449-81412-3; ebook $10.99. ISBN 978-0-449-81413-0.
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PreS-K—Little Owl has his likes (adding numbers, eating ice cream, riding his scooter) and a definite dislike: his new scarf. He tries his best to lose the "itchy," "too long," and "far too orange" present, but his mother always finds it. When he returns home from a school trip without the hated accessory, his mother tells him she'll knit another one, "and this time we will do it together!" Feeney's minimalist line drawings humorously and subtly convey Little Owl's emotions. The orange scarf trails across the pages, gets stuck inside a suitcase addressed to Peru, and finally ends up warming the neck of a giraffe at the zoo. The spare text sparkles with warmth and wit and the theme of being allowed to make choices will resonate with children.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
Reviewed by Linda Ludke , Jun 01, 2013

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