![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Pa turned on his big flashlight and caught the owl just as it was landing on a branch. Jane captures the wonder of a child’s mind and how big something new can feel: The fact that the girl observes her shadow bumping as she runs shows the true wonder that a child experiences. Yes, an illustrator can show a tall shadow and a short one, but this puts us in the girl’s mind, experience, and world directly. I had to run after him every now and then, and my short round shadow bumped after me.” “Pa made a long shadow, but mine was short and round. Jane’s words do what the illustration cannot do: Notice how this last line shows that her father takes good care of her. I could hear it through the wollen cap Pa had pulled down over my ears.” “Somewhere behind us a train whistle blew, long and low like a sad, sad song. In OWL MOON, Jane pulls us into her world and the relationship of a daughter and father by heightening our senses: ![]()
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