Owl babies is a book I was familiar with from being a nursery nurse prior to having my son. We actually received the book free in my son's bookstart pack which was I was delighted with as I really have always liked the book. The book is written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Patrick Benson and I am not familiar with any of their other books should there be any. The book was first published in 1992 by Walker books. The cover of the book shows three baby owls sitting on a tree branch. The owls are all slightly different in size and so there is a small, medium and slightly larger baby owl which I imagine illustrates their slightly different ...  Read the complete review

Owl Babies is a wonderful book for young children by Martin Waddell. Just to be clear, the illustration above shows a paperback book with DVD. I will be reviewing the board book version, which comes without DVD. Although this is a different format, the illustration on the front is exactly the same, and gives you a flavour of the illustrations throughout. The Owl Babies in the story are very snuggly and cutely straggly looking and appealing to parents and children alike. The whole book is set with the same dark background, as it all happens at night - these are owls after all - and this gives it a lovely cosy feeling perfect for a bedtime story. The ...  Read the complete review

Owl Babies is a lovely story book written by Martin Waddell, with illustrations by Patrick Benson. We recieved Owl Babies in a Book Start pack when my boys were babies, and it has been a favourite story in our house. Owl Babies tells the story of three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, who live with their mother in the trunk of a tree. One night the owl babies wake up to find their mother missing, 'I want my mummy' says the littlest owl, Bill. As the story unfolds, the owls await their mums return. They are fairly sure that she has just gone hunting, however as they wait and wait they become slightly more anxious, huddling together for support. As this books ...  Read the complete review

Owl Babies is a very popular children's book, written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Patrick Benson. It is available in a seemingly endless amount of permutations, including a book and DVD set, a book and audio set, a board book, a miniature book, a book with a cuddly owl toy, and an enlarged version. However this review is for the standard paperback edition. Owl Babies tells the story of three small owls who wake up in the middle of the night, at home in their tree. They soon realise their mother is not with them, and they start to worry about where she has gone. As the night wears on, they become more and more anxious, with the two older owls ...  Read the complete review

My daughter received this book with a DVD animation of the story attached when she was two and it has been one of her firm favourites ever since. The fact that she can watch the dvd of the story before or after reading the book adds a lot to her enjoyment. My daughter is now in P1 and gets a book home from the library every Tuesday, this week I was surprised to open her school bag to find she had chosen this book from the library. I enquired why she had picked a book which she already had at home and she looked at me as if I was asking the stupidest question in the world. She replied with the tone of a four year old who thinks they are smarter than you and ...  Read the complete review