Owl Moon

This is my favorite children's book. It is also one of my favorite books for anyone for all time. We're a family through adoption, which can involve long waits, mysterious circumstances, & moments of sadness & longing--as well as wonderful surprises & amazing turns of events. It requires steady waiting & a willingness to see & expect--in other words it requires Hope. It needs bravery from all parties to be successful. I have handed this book to many waiting couples: It is such a beautiful illustration of Hope. I still have a hard time reading it out loud without getting teary; I'm so grateful for my children, who are now amazing, wonderful adults--one with their one children & the other getting close to marriage & hopefully their own children, too. Of course, this book is at the top of the list when that time comes around.

Super story. Great for quiet time. Great information on nature. Very enjoyable.

Beautiful story and pictures! Very special!

One of the world's great children books. The story, writing, and illustration are all exquisite.

Got this for my 5 year old Granddaughter. It is a beautiful story with beautiful pictures.

This is the most wonderful, heartwarming, kind and gentle book!! I had this when my son was growing up and read it aloud to him countless times. I got as much delight from this as he did and we both always looked forward to story hour each night and this is the book that was most requested by both of us. My son is now 26 and when he was moving he had stored the box containing all his old children's books on a back porch at his cousin's house which sadly was stolen by some jerk when he left it outside for an hour or so while going to the store. I sent this to him for Christmas figuring he should at least have one kids book in his house and was he ever delighted to receive this. He was so very happy to have this again and he said that it was the very best Christmas gift he had ever received. I can't recommend this terrific book highly enough and for those of you who are parents of smaller kids get this by all means and read it out loud to your children. You will all just fall in love with it. A wonderful, wonderful, wonderful book!!!!

Great illustrations and a simple but powerful story

for ages 5 and up

This is by far the most amazing children's book I've ever seen. Our daughter LOVES it and asks us to read it to her constantly. Such a beautiful story and drawings. She was just under 2.5 when we started reading it to her and it was PERFECT for her even then (despite it being really quite advanced language).

I used this book to help the children to quiet down, because the child in the book explains how special it is to go into woods but you have to be quiet (even when you're a bit cold).

Beautifully rendered story and beautiful accompanying illustrations.

Wonderful story, good quality book

小学6年に語りとして使うに際し、邦訳の工藤直子さん訳は素晴らしいけど、自分の語り口に合わないことばや順序があったので、原書を取り寄せた。私の拙い英語力では、工藤さんには及ばないけど、英語で本当のニュアンスがわかり、語るのに勉強になった。語りだったので、絵本を見せず、子どもには、目をつむって語り手のことばだけで想像して、と言って終始。ヨーレンの、父と娘、ワシミミズクとの遭遇の瞬間に至るまでを、子どもたちは娘と一緒に体験したと思えた。今回は使わなかったが、絵作者もヨーレンの詩を素晴らしく助けている。実際に登場したのは、娘と父だけだけど、その後ろに家族があり、とても幸せなシチュエーションも自然も子どもの心に残ったら嬉しい本。