The Mixed-Up Owl

Joanna Lorho & Marzena Sowa

On the branch of a tall tree, in the middle of the night, an owl cannot stop contemplating the silence. While all the animals in the vast forest seem to be asleep, he continuously ponders the same question: why am I the only one to stay awake? Unable to close his eyes, one fine morning he decides to embark on a quest for answers. Along the way, he creates quite a commotion among the animals he encounters, before realizing that, ultimately, nothing obliges him to follow the crowd…

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“I can’t get enough of illustrator Joanna Lorho’s wonderfully funny and expressive artwork in this picture book about an owl who wonders why he seems to be the only one in the forest who has trouble sleeping at night. /…/ The text, translated from French, is presented partly in comics-style word bubbles, and the illustrations of confused, anxious, and increasingly exasperated animals tell a great story in any language.” Literary Hub