Tiger With Wings

by Barbara Juster Esbensen

Describes the hunting technique, physical characteristics, mating ritual, and nesting and child-rearing practices of the great horned owl.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Nature, Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

Reviews

[Book2Dragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful book with wonderful illustrations by Mary Barrett Brown about the great horned owl. "Strikingly lifelike illustrations of owls flying, hunting, courting, or feeding their helpless babies depict their character from all sides." (jacket). Barbara Juster Esbenson does an excellent job telling us about all of these things and more. While not dry and clinical, you come away knowing more and with greater appreciation for these wonderful creatures.
If read to children they would glean something from it, and certainly from the illustrations. Ages nine to 89 will love it.

[Stephen Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic art. Well written documentary style narration about the The Great Horned Owl living, courting, and hunting habits.
⚠️ Parental Warnings⚠️
For the YECs, the last page contains the information that the owls are 36 million years old.

[Corban · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a picture book but does not read like a story, but more like an encyclopedia entry. It is extremely informative, providing every detail about great-horned owls that a kid would want to know. Some of Bean's favorite facts from it are that ear tuffs are not ears at all but movable feathers to show anger, these owls are the only birds to have upper eye-lids, they commonly eat skunks as they can barely detect the smell and female great-horned owls are larger than males.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chock full of interesting information about the great horned owl. The illustrations are lovely