Owly, Vol. 1: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891830627 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
They wear sun hats while gardening and scarves during winter. In "The Bittersweet Summer," the pair befriends some hummingbirds who must leave them behind when it's time to fly south for the winter. They live together in a friendly forest reminiscent of the ones often found in children's literature, and much in the style of Frog and Toad, or Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, Owly and Wormy's smallest excursions and challenges are the stuff of great mystery and adventure. Owly is mostly made up of a large, expressive pair of eyes, while Wormy is little more than a squiggle and a smile. In the story "The Way Home," we learn how Wormy, initially terrified of the bird of prey, moves from fear to trust when Owly saves his life and later convinces his skeptical worm parents that Owly is a valuable friend. Though it doesn't sound like much, under Runton's pen, the whole is winningly lively. From Publishers Weekly In this charming series by mini-comics spec
"Without words or age limit." according to davichon. Our schools --still -- work primarily with words and numbers, while our kids and we ourselves may be far more deeply engaged by images (or music, or touch). My grandson (age 5) loved "Robot Dreams" so much that he was motivated and ready for the far more complex "Owly". So we can curl up and I tell him the story, or we talk about the images, or maybe he even tells me a bit of the narrative.But here's the interesting thing: The dialog between my grandson and I is not too different from what goes on between an engaged ad. Simple and wholesome! Wow. What can I say?For Christmas, my brother gave me "The 500 Essential Graphic Novels" as a gift. I eagerly browsed through it. As I flipped the pages, I would read about and jot down titles that interested me.When I was finished, I selected a few to order. "Owly" being among one of the titles. I can honestly say, that I didn't know what to expect when it arrived. But, what I do know, is that when I got to reading it, I was pleasantly surprised. It was everything I could have hoped for and then some!"Owly" is delight. "Wordless Owly Books Are Good Reads" according to Doug Cornelius. wly is a cute puffball of a bird and is almost all eyes. The other creatures that populate the stories, including a worm, smaller birds and lightning bugs, are also cute and expressive. There is nothing to actually read in these books other than a few sentences from the books Owly reads. Dialogue takes place through pictographs symbolizing concepts like home and ideas. It is great to take my geeklet through the process of understanding the images as we turn the pages.I received a copy of the the first book in the serie
The first graphic novel in the series contains two enchanting novellas, "The Way Home" & "The Bittersweet Summer," wherein Owly discovers the meaning of friendship, and that saying goodbye doesn't always mean forever.. Owly is a kind, yet lonely, little owl who's always on the lookout for new friends and adventure