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I Know How to Draw an Owl

Hilary Horder Hippely

Illustrator: Matt James

Ages: 6+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House

ISBN: 978-0-8234-5666-6

Keywords: Contemporary Issues-Unhoused, homeless, mothers and daughters, hope, connections

The secret to Belle's skill in drawing owls at school? She sees them nightly in the park where she and her mother sleep. Illustrations in acrylics on Masonite.