Owl Capone
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- Erwartet am 22. Sept. 2026
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- 4,49 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
Owl Capone–he’s got a heart as big as his fedora and he is ready to steal hearts everywhere.
Owl knows the way into people’s hearts is through his legendary sandwich wraps and OG secret family sauce served at his restaurant in the Windy Forest. He’s practically considered a celebrity! But when he is unexpectedly betrayed by his right-hand man, a sneaky little rat named Gus, Owl is forced to close the doors to his restaurant.
Will Owl be able to win back his customers and reopen his once beloved restaurant?
With an affirming message that encourages readers to view kindness as a strength rather than a weakness, Owl Capone is sure to leave you hungry and wanting more!
"The kind message at its heart is the real secret sauce." – Publisher’s Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ewers, making her debut, and Sayegh (the Proper Badger series) smuggle a lesson about kindness inside an unlikely wrapper: a classic gangster story. Owl Capone, dressed in a pinstriped suit and jaunty fedora, is a community pillar who "never missed an opportunity to kiss babies, smile for a photo, or sponsor a local sports team." He's also the proprietor of Capone's, Windy Forest's most beloved wrap joint—until rat Gus, an employee whom Owl previously thought of "as famiglia," steals the family recipe for Owl's "OG special sauce" and opens a shop across the street. Gus's sneer that "kindness has made you weak" lands with a sting, until Owl's bigheartedness proves the secret ingredient Gus can't replicate. Densely textured, digitally finished mixed-media collage echoes the hard-boiled text, paying loving tribute to The Godfather with winks that include a menu board that puns on gangster classics. The mobster scaffolding may sail over young heads, but the kind message at its heart is the real secret sauce. A glossary concludes. Ages 4–8. Agent (for author and illustrator): Christy Ewers, CAT Agency.
