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32 pp.
| Penguin/Paulsen |
February, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-16440-8$16.99
(4)
K-3
"I'm nobody! Whooo are you?" Rather than hang out in a tree, owl Otto recites poetry, which inspires taunts ("Here comes Blotto the Bard!"). After Otto runs away, he makes unlikely friends--and fans. It all resolves too easily, but the starlit forest is a fantastic setting for the recitation of snippets by Dickinson, Eliot, and Kousky (this book's author).