The Little Owl & the Big Tree
A Christmas Story
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
One Christmas, a tiny owl stuck in the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stole the hearts of the nation. Discover the true story in this heartwarming picture book from celebrated mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter.
There once was an owl who lived in a tree. Until one day her home was uprooted and she was taken far away from what she knew. Follow Rockefeller (“Rocky”) the owl as she journeys to the bustling center of New York City and she’s discovered among the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. With human kindness and a dash of holiday spirit, can this brave little owl find a new home?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jonah Winter narrates with quiet respect the journey of the saw-whet owl found in the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, starting by describing her at home in the forest: "The owl didn't have a name—/ and of course she didn't:/ She was a wild animal." Jeanette Winter zooms in on the owl in digital art, pulling back to show her tiny form against the great blue-green spruce she calls home. Then, suddenly, her tree is cut down and hauled to New York City on a flatbed truck amid cars that seem toylike, movement and noise signaled with emanata. The owl comes face-to-face with a worker, the bird's subsequent rescue and convalescence conveyed as a way station before her restoration to her rightful home in nature, "somewhere out under the stars." With minimum sentimentality, the mother-son collaborators offer an effectively quiet celebration of a wild creature who encounters human civilization. An author's note offers more details about the true story. Ages up to 8.
