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Owl at the Vet - Helen Nicoll


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Owl at the Vet - Helen Nicoll

 
Description: ISBN 0140545492 / Author: Helen Nicoll / Genre: Junior Books / A trip to the vet soon has Owl's wing on the mend, but he can't come home ... more
Owl at the Vet - Helen Nicoll ... until it's better. Dedicated to children in hospital, the author and illustrator of this book take care to reflect children's own experience of hospital to help make the experience less alarming.

Newest Review: ... get in to see a vet who tells them that he will have to operate as Owl has a broken wing. It’s great the way all this is ... more

 ... done, throughout the book, with any direct speech being written in speech bubbles, squares or stars, depending on the urgency of the spoken word… a useful way in to talking about direct and indirect speech. The vet needs Meg’s help, and so follows 4 great pictures of Meg “gowning up” until she is head to toe in green, and almost unrecognisable as meg. Owl is a bit frightened but Meg reassures him, and the operation gets underway. They stay in the surgery for the night and in the morning, after Meg has served breakfast, M...more

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Premium Review Owl at the Vet - Helen Nicoll: Ouch!! (775 words)
by - written on 29/06/06 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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Owl at the vet One of the popular Meg and Mog series featuring Meg the witch (friendly of course) and her ever faithful cat, Mog **THE STORY** The story starts with Meg stirring her big black cauldron whilst saying a spell to try to get a phone in the house. The cuckoo clock turns into the much wanted phone and begins to ring, giving Meg and Mog a fright, and making them cling together and knock over the cauldron. They look outside and there, suspended by his wing, on the telephone wire, is Owl. Of course, they rush to help him. Poor Owl complains that he was flying and then suddenly there was a wire in the sky. They lift owl ...  Read the complete review

 

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