5/18/2023 0 Comments Owly the owlReading the ARC meant only some of the book was in color, therefore I cannot wait to see the hummingbirds at the end/in the second story included in the ARC. The drawings are comfortable, detailed in ways that may not be completely needed to move the story along, but are there to show you what kind of owl Owly is. I just knew that Owly had to have been created that way. The authors/illustrator description of how Owly was born is a hoot. But also, they teach him as if you are teaching a young child. However, his friends teach him in ways you teach someone who has autism. Perhaps there is something else going on (maybe Owly represents a deaf character, or one where “English” (or the language of the people around Owly speak) is not the first language of Owly, so he mixes both together therefore “sounding” the way it does. This difference in language is obvious: Owly only speaks in images and the others speak in text with some speaking both text and images. I would not be surprised to learn that Owly was on the autism spectrum as Owly speaks differently from his friends, but they understand him. The first and obvious message of the story is be kind to others. They become best friends and go on a couple of adventures. Owly wants to help, but his intentions are misunderstood, until he helps Wormy. It is not obnoxious characters doing obnoxious things. Even when bad things happen it is just because of a misunderstanding or something nobody could control. They are nice looking, they are nicely mannered, they have nice intentions. It is a basic story with simple text but both story and text are strong. This graphic novel is good for young readers. And had to read it, despite the tower of books taller than me I already have on the TBR list. However, the 'scowly-owly' and 'looking kind of owly' examples imply a derivation based on an owls appearance. Supported for two years by the American giant through the European Founders Campaign program, Holy Owly has just been acknowledged among 200 start-ups as one of the 5 most promising applications. Andy Runton must have a magic wand that enchanted the book as I was not in a cute, big-eyed-owl mood, but I had to have this book. The 'feeling owly' examples seem to support this derivation. Holy Owly, the only French app in the 5 app panel selected by Apple in 2022. I was putting away some of the reader copies recently and noticed, Owly: The Way Home.
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