To hear his first word will be thrilling. They wait there with hopes soaring high. What comes next is really quite chilling. His first word isn’t “Who?” It is “Why?” This little owl believes he is different from other owls in the forest, but gets up to his neck in trouble when he tries to prove it!
Kathleen Guthrie was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, in 1926. She has published two other children’s books: The Boy Who Discovered Christmas, with cover artwork done by her granddaughter Bonnie Wright, B.Des., and The Sign. She has also written a book for grownups called CHINA—1989.