Divya Srinivasan (1)Recensioni

PreS-Gr 2—A human, a girl, a daughter, a granddaughter—the narrator starts simply and then breaks open the
definition of what she is in a head-spinning, eye-opening set of all but intangible opposites. It's surprising,
provocative, and to tell the truth, we've never seen any affirmations quite like these.

Sweet animal recognition and easy-to-follow storyline - ideal for baby & tot storytime!

adorable illustrations and a fun story.

It's evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it. Could the daytime be nearly as wonderful? Mama Owl begins to describe it to him, but as the sun comes up, Little Owl falls fast asleep.

Putting a twist on the bedtime book, Little Owl's Night is sure to comfort any child with a curiosity about the night.

I wanted to like "Little Owl's Snow" more than I did. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough book. It's the story of the woods changing from fall to winter and all that happens. Little Owl is able to see things not normally seen (like the animals underneath the frozen pond) but Little Owl is also ready for it to be spring. Friends are being missed.

For me, the book felt extremely formulaic. Other coworkers and I had planned on using it in a storytime. And while the illustrations are nice, the book lacks pizzazz one hopes for out of storytime material. None of us wound up using it in our winter-themed storytimes.

That being said, I like other Little Owl books....I think that is why this one did bum me out.

Genre
Bedtime stories
Picture books for children
Writing Style
Lyrical
Subject
Forest animals
Forests
Night
Nocturnal animals
Owls

I definitely could think of some fun, beginning of the year, activities based around the main ideas of this book. Sharing more about our identities makes the classroom such a better place.

A cute simple story with nice illustrations about what an owl and the creatures around him do during the night. It does a nice job of describing how night becomes day again, if read out loud without showing the pictures first it would make a nice example of visualization.

Very well done children's book. Engaging and educational. Great info about nocturnal animals and the foods they eat as well as other animal behaviors, but done in a narrative style that feels like a fun, fictional storybook. My kids (ages 2, 4, and 6) all thoroughly enjoy read aloud time with this one and I like that this book caters to both their creative and academic natures. The illustrations are simple and cute! We loved talking about other things going on in the pictures, making inferences, and counting objects. This book has a lot of potential for different discussions with multiple readings.

This book features cute illustrations, musical language, and a nice little story that is a good length for a toddler's attention span.

Owl discovers colors in nature and among his wildlife friends. Illustrations were cute but the text could have been better.

Shy Octopus watches the other inhabitants of the coral reef she calls home in this lovely picture-book, but isn't sure she wants to interact that closely with them. Alarmed when the friendly seahorses come calling, she changes her color to camouflage herself, and flees the reef for a more peaceful part of the ocean. After encountering a crabbing boat and a giant whale, she finds just what she is looking for, and enjoys some time by herself. Eventually though, she finds herself missing the company of the other inhabitants of the reef...

Having enjoyed all three of author/illustrator Divya Srinivasan's delightful picture-books about Little Owl - Little Owl's Night, Little Owl's Day and Little Owl's Snow - I was quite excited to discover that she had also created a book about an octopus! Being a lover of all things octopode, I immediately sought out Octopus Alone, and (predictably) found it charming. The artwork is every bit as appealing as in the Little Owl books, with vibrant colors that pop off the page, backgrounds that are themselves beautifully colored, and stylized figures that are immensely appealing. I particularly liked the fold-out page showing the massive whale. The story itself is likewise engaging, highlighting the fact that while shy and/or introverted creatures (and children) may seek time alone, they also need companionship. Recommended to young octopus lovers, and to fans of Srinivasan's distinctive artwork.

Little Owl returns in this third picture-book adventure from author/illustrator Divya Srinivasan, following upon Little Owl's Night and Little Owl's Day. This time he experiences his first autumn and winter - his first snow! He watches as the leaves fall and some of his friends - Bear, Hedgehog - go into hibernation. Enjoying the foggy, snowy forest with Raccoon, he is assured by his mother that spring will come again...

Like its two predecessors, Little Owl's Snow pairs a simple but engaging text with absolutely magical illustrations. In truth, the visuals are what make these books stand out, and this is no exception. The bold colors pop on the pages, which mostly have deep black and gray backgrounds, and the stylized, big-eyed animal characters are sweetly appealing. Of course, as a fox lover I particularly enjoyed the wintry scenes in which a vibrantly red fox cavorts on a snowy white background. Recommended to young animal lovers, and to picture-book readers looking for stories about autumn and winter.

Little Owl returns in this follow-up to his debut adventure, chronicled in Little Owl's Night, this time finding himself exploring during the day, when he should be asleep. Astonished at the things he sees - animals that aren't abroad at night, butterflies instead of moths, the beauty of the misty rainbow created by the nearby waterfall - he returns home at dusk with a new appreciation of the world around him...

Although I did appreciate the narrative in Little Owl's Day, with its emphasis on discovery, and the beauty of the natural world, what really made the reading experience a pleasure was Divya Srinivasan's bold illustrations. The colors pop off the pages, which have pastel backgrounds during the day, and a deep black one at night, while the stylized animal figures are cute and somehow quite expressive. Little Owl, appropriately enough, is all eyes. I don't know that this one impressed me quite as much as its predecessor, but it certainly had appeal, and is one I would recommend to young animal and owl lovers, and to anyone who enjoyed the earlier book about this little strigine character.½

Little Owl explores the beauty of the nighttime, encountering many other animals out and about (and some sleeping) in his travels. Eventually he heads home to his tree, where his mother describes the coming of the dawn. By the time she's done, Little Owl is fast asleep...

Having greatly enjoyed Divya Srinivasan's illustrations for Neil Gaiman's picture-book, Cinnamon, I've been meaning to track down her own stories about Little Owl for some time now. I'm so glad I finally got around to Little Owl's Night, as it is a lovely bedtime book, one pairing a simple text with magical artwork. In truth, it's the visuals that make this book, as the text is mostly unremarkable. The artwork, on the other hand, is gorgeous - deep, vivid colors pop off of the mostly black pages, and the stylized animal figures manage to be both cute and beautiful. I will definitely be tracking down the other titles about Little Owl, and recommend this one to picture-book readers looking for beautifully-illustrated bedtime books.

Love the art here, but wasn't too impressed with the story. A decent exploration of the various animals of the night and their sounds and activities but I didn't feel there was anything new here.

Little Owl is about an owl who wants to visit everyone during the night but most of them want to sleep. His friends that don’t sleep at night are brightly colored like the owl so it makes it easier to tell who wants to visit the owl as well. The author also used minimal colors to make it easier to understand the difference between day and night. Overall, this would be a good illustration book.

I can see why this book is a story time favorite but for this reader it was just so-so. Owl gets up way too early and gets to experience Day for the first time. He learns how it differs from his night, and even gets shown new things by friends. The illustrations are cute, but not award winning.
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Beautifully illustrated; sweetly told. Snow!

Our daughter likes this one and it's one of my favorites to read her. The story is charming and the illustrations are beautiful.

Familiar with the forest at night, little owl finds that it is completely different in the daytime.

See also: Little Owl's Night, Wow! Said the Owl

My 3yo did not get into this, but maybe we'll try another time. It's a sweet story of an octopus who lives in a busy reef and needs a little time away from everyone before coming back to rejoin her friends.

Colorful, beautiful illustrations accompany lots of great vocabulary words as well as a nice catalog of undersea creatures.

Our daughter likes this one and it's one of my favorites to read her. The story is charming and the illustrations are beautiful.