Oliver's Wood - Softcover

Sue Hendra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744547970 ISBN 13: 9780744547979

Publisher: Walker Books, 1997

Synopsis

At night when the moon and the twinkly stars come out, Oliver, an owl, loves to play in the wood with his friends, the spiky hedgehogs, the stripy badgers and the batty bats, before going to sleep. But one night he stays up late and, for the first time, sees the big, round, warm, orange sun.

About this title

About the Author:

Sue Hendra graduated from the University of Brighton in 1994 and has been an illustrator of children's books since then. She has worked on over 70 titles, including the successful Barry the Fish with Fingers. Sue lives in Brighton with her partner and their young daughter.

From Publishers Weekly:

When Oliver the owl stays up past dawn, he learns that the moonlit and sunlit worlds are as different as, well, night and day. Oliver marvels at "the big, round, warm, orange sun," but his nocturnal friends the hedgehogs, badgers and bats sleep through everything. His only potential playmates are squirrels, rabbits and butterflies?and they are not at all talkative. Oliver feels lonely, so he takes a nap and soon resumes the late shift. Hendra turns the tables on diurnal creatures?such as humans?by presenting darkness and light as basic matters of perspective. Her curvy forest animals, painted in warm rust, gray and brown gouache against a uniform midnight- or baby-blue sky, are quiet and cuddly; the "snuffle, snuffle" of the badgers and "whizz, whizz" of the bats imply no threat whatsoever. The oversize type, simple shapes and minimal plot best serve beginning readers, and Hendra's gentle animals demystify nightfall even as she puts a sweet spin on the concept of bedtime. Ages 2-4.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0744547970
• ISBN 13: 9780744547979
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 25