Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O’Leary - ESSENTIAL

Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O’Leary, illustrated by Jacob Grant. PICTURE BOOK. Random House, 2018. $18. 9781524713317

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

For each letter in the alphabet we learn a secret about the motivations and behaviors of animals. Often these secrets sound a lot like a secret a human child might be harboring as well. Some of the secrets are obvious and some are quirky and some are outright funny.

I giggled my way through this book. It was just so delightful to think about the darling imagined nature of animals and the funny ways we personify them in literature and life. My kids though, found it less amusing than I did.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher