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 * Owl Moon** by Jane Yolen Illustrated by John Schoenherr

===Owl Moon takes place during a late winter night. The two main charecters are Pa, and his daughter. The daughter narrates the entire story. The daughter is very descriptive when describing the setting.The father and daughter are walking through the woods of their backyard. They are going owling. The fitst time Pa called out, two farm dogs answered. Pa and his daughter walked deeper into the forest. The daughter gives the reader a pure sense of their feet crunching in the snow as they tread through the deep snow. The daughter was silent throughout the entire trip, only Pa called out to the owls. As they walked deeper into the forest, it became colder, like ice. The daughter explains that you have to be brave to go owling because of the dark black shadows of the trees in the forest. When the mood was high above Pa and his daughter, Pa let out another howl to the mysterious owls high up in the trees. Finally, an owl called back. When the echo of the owl came through the deep forest, the daughter could not help but let out excitment, even Pa smiled. They moved closer to the sound of the owl. Both the owl and Pa were communicating with eachother through owling. Eventually, Pa found the owl, high up on a branch. Pa shined a big flashlight on the owl. All three of them stared at eacother for what seemed like an eternity. Suddenly, the owl pumped his great wings, and flew away from Pa and his daughter. Pa and his daughter found hope that night in the forest under the mood. They turned around, and headed back to their home.=== I think "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen is a great book for children for many reasons. While reading this story, the reader is given so many in depth details about the setting. For example, the main charecter is consistently telling the reader about the trees, and how they stand so still in the forest, just like statues. This gives the reader a vivid image of a very strong ang powerful tree. The reader can also relate to the descriptions given by the main charecter. For example, while walking through the heavy snow, the main charecters described the crunching you feel when you walk through crisp snow. The text in this story is also formated in small paragraphs. By formatting the words in this way, students may have an easier time reading the text. "Owl Moon" teaches its young readers the importance of patience. The main charecter happily made the long journey into the forest with her father. Then, she was patient as he called to the owls in the woods. By being patient, quiet and calm, which are the rules when you go owling with Pa, they were able to find an owl high up in one of the trees. ===Jane Yolen was born on February 11, 1939 in New York City. Yolen is an American author and editor of folklore, fantasty, science fiction, and children's books. She has written over two-hundred and eighty books. Yolen is best known for the Holocaust novella, "The Devil's Arithmetic". Her other works include The Nebula-Award Winning short-story "Sister Emily's Lightship", "Lost Girls", "The Emporer and the Kite", and "How Do Dinosaur's Say Goodnight".=== [] media type="youtube" key="KlllfX5PprU" height="314" width="420" align="center"