WOW! Said the Owl
(28 reviews with an average rating of 5 out of 5)
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during the day.
What she sees, from the warm, pink glow of dawn through to a day filled with the bright colours of green leaves, blue sky, grey clouds and, finally, a stunning rainbow, makes her exclaim 'WOW!'.
But despite the beauty of the daytime world, the little owl decides that the night-time stars are the most beautiful of all.
Simple text and an endearing character experiencing colour for the first time give an original slant to a first colours book.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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Little Owls, 17 December 2016
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My little girl loves this book and jumps and gets excited when you say WOW!
Chickenpie, 14 September 2016
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This book was given to my daughter, who was 16 months at the time. I thought it might be too old for her but she brings it to me every day saying 'WOW'. She absolutely loves it.
CheekyEmma, 25 August 2016
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Lovely book, my little girl loves looking at the pictures of the owl on each page. The story is really cute and well told.
Craftylittledevil, 18 June 2016
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Lovely book to share with your toddler my little girl loves all the colours and has learnt to name them all. We also do loud and quiet voices while reading this story and have enjoyed looking at day and night.
Skeats, 11 April 2016
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Mummy and Ellie-Lara bot love sharing this book. Its a great book to explore colours and wildlife. We loved the repeating phrase..."Wow" could be one of our first words!
Mummy Paphitis, 26 October 2015
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Really like this book, learning colours and great pictures from day to night. Kept my 2 year old very interested and learning her colours.
Ness12, 01 September 2015
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My little girl loves this book, especially when we do the 'wow'. She seems to enjoy the different colours and when the owl is sleeping we do our quiet voices.
SammyLea, 25 August 2015
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Lovely visual book. JJ loved the repetition in the book I really emphasised the wow he loves it. I know the book off by heart I've read it that much. Lovely story
mummyandjj, 14 July 2015
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Another fantastic book to help discover colours, we also play spot the owl! Perfect nightime book.
Noah123, 01 May 2015
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Lovely book - baby loves Owl's big eyes. Nice for toddlers and smaller children too as you can go back and find the colours listed at the back.
wrayofsunshine, 24 February 2015
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Son absolutely loved this book helped him with his colours.
rachelaylett, 22 January 2015
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Fantastic book, my 5 month old loves the bright colours in this book and spotting the owl on the pages!
HappyBaby, 20 January 2015
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My daughter loves this book. It has really helped her to learn colours. Delightfully illustrated, I highly recommend this book.
Charlotte, 27 November 2014
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He got this book in nursery he simply enjoy the book and different colours if the day.. Clouds etc
AAB, 17 November 2014
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My son absolutely loves this book and it is helping him learn his colours
tash and james, 11 September 2014
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Wonderful in every way enabling my son to confidently learn about the different colours.
FFM, 19 June 2014
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Brilliant book, love it as much as the kids do!
uziBear, 13 February 2014
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A great way to introduce colours. Very different to the normal 'colour' learning books. Also children can join in with saying ''WOW' said the owl.'
Roo13, 21 January 2014
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This was the first book we shared at our bookstart introduction. ollie found his fav colour
izzy09, 02 December 2013
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My youngets daughter got this book by both her and I attending a reading group and she has trouble talking but she says WOW and loves the book...
lexi_hannamum, 29 June 2013
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my son loved this book. a very good book for teaching different colours..
RashuRuchir, 26 March 2013
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brilliant book learnt my son to say wow
williams, 19 February 2013
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A beautiful book about owls and colours. Simple illustrations cleverly provide lots to talk about.
Dickinson1, 12 December 2012
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Loved this book about the owl who stayed awake all day and saw the beauties of creation as the colours changed from pink dawn to dark night. Helps children learn to recognise colours while being enchanted with the story.
Dorothy, 12 November 2012
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marcus loved tis book it was given to him from bookstart pack
leahmarie, 30 April 2012
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really enjoy reading this to my little girl, she giggles whenever i say "WOW said the owl" a lovely bedtime story
Love_to_read, 08 March 2012
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I liked this book as it had a nice story to it whilst also providing a clear range of colours for baby to look at. The colours are mainly pastel which is a nice contrast to most childrens books.
theodore, 13 January 2012
Brilliant book! I had to work hard to encourage our baby to focus on books and this was THE book that got him hooked. He loved the repeated and enthusiastic use of the word 'wow' and of course the owl. Subsequently his first word was 'owl'.