The Owl Who Couldnt Hoot

All owls can hoot-but not Barny. The woodland friends try to solve the problem, but is it really a problem at all?

After hunting all night, Harold the Owl lands on a branch ready for a long snooze. But just as he starts to fall asleep, the birds begin chirping. And then the gardener starts his leaf blower. Harold doesn't want to stay awake all day. He needs to sleep, so he'll be ready for nighttime... Lesley Leadbetter strongly supports the preservation of wildlife, and has written this story to help children learn to love and appreciate our native birds.

Petey, a young great horned owl can't hoot. Feeling like a failure, sad and alone, he leaves the nest. Petey is a very helpful little owl and he ends up making friends with other woodland animals. They share many adventures as he comes up with creative solutions to problems. He demonstrates the value of accepting others as they are.

Olivia the Owl has moved to a new home with her family. She soon learns the importance of using her own voice when faced with a challenge.

Deep within the forest, the fiercest animals can growl but not the owl. And if that’s not bad enough, he can’t howl or honk or roar or bark, either! As the owl tries to join the woodland chorus, he discovers his own special song in this charming and funny story of individuality and self-acceptance. Parents and children will enjoy sharing this comical, lyrical tale that encourages being "WHOOO" you are.

This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes. Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls' fate cemented in pancake batter? Welcome to Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!