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Now I have had to purchase the book. I am pretty sure that I love this book as much as my daughter. Her favorite story is Strange Bumps, because she finds it hilarious that Owl cannot figure out that the "strange bumps" at the end of his bed are his own two feet. I vacillate between The Guest, because I find Owl's position by the fire eating soft pea soup utterly cozy and enchanting, and Tear-Water Tea, because I love Lobel's imaginative descriptions of the sad things that Owl thinks up to make himself cry. That story, in fact, has generated a whole new game in our household, which requires that my daughter and I "talk about nice things and sad things."

My only complaint about this book is that Lobel wrote only one book with Owl as the main character.


A childhood memory...   May 30, 2000
What a joy this book has been in my life! I listened to my "read-along" record (yes, record) so many times that it was covered with scratches. I remember these little stories as the spark that began my interest in reading. Today I read them to God-daughter, and her laughter is matched only by my own.