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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

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“One of our absolute favourites” – Zoe Ball

”Utterly beguiling’ – Lucy Mangan, Guardian

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SKU: 9781405271974 Category: Childrens: Very Early Readers Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage general interest: Birds, Picture storybooks: Bedtime stories & dreams
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“One of our absolute favourites” – Zoe Ball

”Utterly beguiling’ – Lucy Mangan, Guardian

Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing – he is afraid of the dark.

“Dark is nasty” he says and so he won’t go hunting with his parents. Mrs Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole to ask about the dark and he meets a little boy waiting for the fireworks to begin, an old lady, a scout out camping, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, a man with a telescope and a black cat who takes him exploring.

Perhaps there is magic in the dark after all . . .

Filled with gentle humour and giving comforting reassurance to nightime fears and anxieties, Jill Tomlinson’s animal bedtime stories have been enjoyed by children for decades.

This edition of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark is beautifully illustrated by Paul Howard.

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Weight 0.11 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.8 cm
Author

Tomlinson, Jill

Publisher

Farshore

Imprint

Farshore

Cover

Paperback

Pages

98

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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