Board Book

Brilliant illustrations and lovely story - great tool to help those young afraid of the dark

This was one of my favourites as a little girl, not liking the dark nights this book made me think about night time. Lovely story and adventures of Plop the Barn owl

It’s a hardback book. No surprises.

My daughter loves this book.

Bought this for my grandson at my daughter's request, as she could remember having it read to her as a child and loving it. He also loves it and it's one of our favourite reads together over video calling. A delightful story, perfect for small children.

Great story to read

Beautiful book and the illustrations are exquisite as far as I am concerned This is an age old story in a board book But written just as I remembered it from many years ago My grandchildren will love it Great for reading at any children’s age

I bought this book for my daughter as I remember liking it when I was a child. I have just finished reading it to her and whilst she is a bit young (18 months) she did seem to enjoy it and I have really enjoyed reading it to her. I have looked forward to reading it to her every night and didn't like the nights when her Daddy put her to bed as I missed part of the story. Plop is a baby owl who is afraid of the dark and his mother sends him out to talk to different people about what they think about the dark. He meets lots of people who tell him that Dark is Fun, Dark is Kind and so on until he finally learns to like the dark and enjoy being a night bird.

DD was having nightmares, she said she didn't like the dark. This story has made her happy about the dark. The little owl in the story meets different people who tell him different reasons why the dark is good. A positive reinforcement that dark is okay. Unlike some stories in this genre it does not mention mythical scary monsters under the bed.

Très chouette livre 😋structure de phrase répétitive mais joli vocabulaire.je le raconte à mes enfants en français puis leur lirai progressivement en anglais. Jolis dessins

Good book for kids

Beautifully covered the topic of the dark, my kids loved this gorgeous little book

Jill Tomlinson, the brilliant author of this book - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - as well as quite a few others of a similar vein, must have mainlined her inner child when developing Plop, the main character in this wonderful story. Plop is a young barn owl. Plop is a hungry, young barn owl. Plop is a hungry, young barn owl frightened of the dark, and Plop's poor, exhausted parents are at their wits end about the whole situation. Between hunting trips & way too few naps, Plops parents -rather than forcing him to face his fear unprepared- urge him to learn as much as he can about the dark. Plop achieves this by approaching a few of the characters who happen to be within sight of his nesting tree. Wait a minute...I need to stop. There is no way I can even come close to summarizing this story for you that would do it the justice it so well deserves. Buy the book...really! I will, however, say that this is one of the BEST children's stories I have EVER had the privlege of reading, let alone sharing with my child. My little girl (who is 7, as of today) is very much like Plop. She's intelligent, precocious, outgoing -and dare I say it?- a HOOT! And, also like Plop, she fears the dark. The story kept both of us interested the entire time, & we shared so many laughs! And, on the last night of the story my brave little girl asked me to turn off the light... Whether you are looking for a book to help a child deal with this fear, or if you are just looking for a great book to read to (or with) a child, I'd say this book is a guaranteed WINNER! Buy the book! I am looking forward to reading three other books by Jill Tomlinson I bought for my girl's birthday; the ones with the cat, the otter, and the aardvark. I have no doubt they were created with the same magic as this one. Check them out. Enjoy!