Owl Sandwich and Books

We read two books featuring owls this week, so I had to reinvent my owl sandwich.  Last year, I made this owl sandwich

and these owl pancakes

My owl sandwich didn't change too much; actually, if I had checked the blog or remembered, I would have included the Cheerios, but I completely forgot about them.  So, the only real change is the addition of apple circles.

I cut the owl shape out of a slice of bread and covered it with peanut butter.  To make the eyes, I cut circles out of apple slices with my smallest biscuit cutter, and then placed banana circles on top of those and used raisins as the pupils.  The beak is a cashew.

The books we read this week are:

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen - In this book, a young girl goes owling with her father.  C and R both enjoyed this book, but I LOVED it.  Seriously, I felt transported into the woods on this cold, dark evening and I could see the moon, feel the cold air, and hear the echo.  I want to go owling now!  One cool thing is that the author's husband used to take their children owling in Massachusetts, and that made this book particularly pleasurable for Yolen to write.  It has also made me want to find out more about owling!

One Odd Old Owl by Paul S. Adshead is a tongue-twisiting, rhyming, repeating, puzzle story about a snoring owl that is disturbing a sleepy snail.  The snail asks more and more birds to wake the owl, to make the snoring stop, and the results are very funny!  We all enjoyed this book.  The illustrations alone are incredibly beautiful, and every time you read this book, you will discover a different layer of fun.

Click here to read about more owl books we have enjoyed, and to find directions for a simple owl craft.

C was so young in this photo!