Books
picture books:
All About Owls, by Jim Arnosky
The Barn Owls, by Tony Johnston
Owls, by Gail Gibbons
Owl (See How They Grow), DK Publishing (my five-year-old loves this series)
White Owl, Barn Owl, by Nicola Davies (also a five-year-old favorite)
Owls (Animal Predators), by Sandra Markle
Owls, Zoobooks
The Book of North American Owls, by Helen Roney Sattler (gorgeous illustrations and a lot of information--for about 4th grade level and up)
Raptor! A Kid's Guide to Birds of Prey, by C. Laubach, R. Laubach, and C.W.G. Smith (also for about 4th grade level and up)
activity and coloring books:
Owls: On Silent Wings, by Ann C. Cooper (activities, including a lap book of sorts and instructions for an origami owl)
Raptors, a Coloring Album, by Anne Price (lots of written information and realistic drawings to color)
Hidden Feathers, a Creature Camouflage Coloring Book, MindWare
fiction:
There's an Owl in the Shower, by Jean Craighead George (ages 9 and up)
Hoot, by Carl Hiassen (ages 10 and up)
Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen (all ages)
Other resources
The current Hearts & Trees Winter/Spring Kit, which features (among other things), an owl silhouette art project, a felt owl handicraft to make, and an owls' fact sheet. Great timing!
One of the moderators posted this link to a pdf of DK's From Egg to Owl. Thanks, Jessica!
This art journaling idea from Art Projects for Kids.
An owl reading comprehension sheet from abcteach.
The Young Scientists Club kit #30, Owls (part of set 10, which also includes kit #29, Eggs)
Molly's Box on Wordpress, with more links on the Barn Owl Resources page
The Owl Pages
The Barn Owl Trust
eMINTS page about Barn Owls
Hoot, the movie (ages 8 and up)
Hope you enjoy studying owls as much as we have!
3 comments:
Oh, I've turned on moderation too, because of some friends of mine in Japan who really like my son's stop go animation posts. Argh. Friends, indeed.
Isn't there a Farley Mowat owl story? The title escapes me at the moment (and if you listed it sorry - I've got this stupid virus and am all foggy). We just finished reading Sea of Trolls aloud and there are some rather fascinating owls in there. You know, I always have to fight typing WOL, after all the Winnie the Pooh reading we did when the kids were little...
Sheila, I had the foggy virus, too. Didn't know it was on both sides of the continent!
Your mention of Farley Mowat rings a bell--will look and add it if I find something. And knowing there are owls in it makes me want to read Sea of Trolls even more!
Yep--Owls in the Family, which appears to be OOP. But I know I've seen a copy at our local library, so I'll check it out. Thanks, Sheila!
Hope you are completely recovered from the "creepily like mono but wasn't" bug--I swear we had the same virus! I haven't been that exhausted since being just post-childbirth.
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