Owliver
by Robert Kraus
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Although each one of his parents expects him to be different things when he grows up, a little owl makes up his own mind in the end.Tags
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We've read a lot of the [a:Ariane Dewey|5479|Ariane Dewey|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png]/[a:José Aruego|5480|José Aruego|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png] collaborations, their illustrations are so much fun. This one, written by [a:Robert Kraus|44174|Robert Kraus|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png], is one of their better titles (some of the other books we've found are quite silly), along with for instance [b:Milton The Early Riser|1269316|Milton The Early Riser (Stories To Go!)|Robert show more Kraus|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1182386427s/1269316.jpg|1258234] and [b:Leo the Late Bloomer|225542|Leo the Late Bloomer|Robert Kraus|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1386924386s/225542.jpg|2802503]. It's the same situation as in Leo, mom and dad worry about their offspring and what route he is going to take in life. Everything works out well, with or without their intervention. The pictures were colorful as ever. show less
This is a book about an owl whose parents disagreed on his future career - should he be a lawyer or a doctor? Or should he be a playwright or an actor? And they each bought him the toys to further their goals. But when he grew up, he became... a firefighter!
That ending never fails to draw the giggles.
That ending never fails to draw the giggles.
Although each one of his parents expects him to be different things when he grows up, a little owl makes up his own mind in the end.
Owliver likes to act. His mother encourages it. His father wants him to be a doctor or a lawyer. Owliver goes along with it. What career does he choose when he grows up?
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Robert Kraus was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 21, 1925. When he was 10-years-old, he won a cartoon contest staged by the Milwaukee Journal. He received a plaque and had his cartoon printed in the paper. Two years later, the newspaper hired him to produce a weekly cartoon called Public Nuisances. By the time he was 16-years-old, he was show more selling cartoons to magazines like Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post. He studied at Milwaukee's Layton Art School and the Art Students' League in New York. After selling a few cartoons to The New Yorker, he was hired by the magazine as a contract artist. He worked there for 15 years and created 21 covers. While there, he started writing and illustrating children's books. His books included All the Mice Came, Leo the Late Bloomer, and Whose Mouse Are You? He left The New Yorker in 1966 and founded Windmill Books. Within a year, the house had won a prestigious Caldecott Medal. After 20 years, he sold Windmill to Simon and Schuster. In 1983, he began a syndicated Sunday comic feature, called Zap! The Video Chap. He died of congestive heart failure on August 7, 2001 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1974
- Dedication
- For Augusta Baker, who likes Owls
- First words
- "I am an orphan."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)A FIREMAN!
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