![]() ![]() Even youngsters unattached to a Fuzzy-like object will feel a kinship with the winningly wily Owen-and parents of the attached may find a useful solution to an age-old dilemma. The ingenious mouse foils each attempt, until his resourceful mother stumbles upon ``an absolutely wonderful, positively perfect, especially terrific idea.'' With some snipping and sewing, she transforms the beloved blanket into a batch of very portable handkerchiefs, a stratagem that not only keeps Owen happy but manages to silence the meddling Mrs. Tweezers, suggests to Owen's parents a series of ploys to separate their son-who is soon to start school-from Fuzzy. Reading & Discussion Read the story Owen by Kevin Henkes, and then discuss the following questions: Why does Owen take his blanket with him everywhere Who is. New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator Kevin Henkes draws and reads from his Caldecott Honor Book for children, OWEN featuring a mouse who will not go anywhere without his favorite. Imbued with Henkes's characteristically understated humor, spry text and brightly hued watercolor-and-ink pictures chronicle how Owen's next-door neighbor, Mrs. ![]() But when school starts, Owens mother knows just what to do. ![]() A worthy addition to Henkes's ( Chester's Way Julius, the Baby of the World ) impressive, engaging oeuvre, this animated tale takes up the case of a wee mouse's devotion to a no-longer-fuzzy blanket named Fuzzy. About the Book Owen is attached to his fuzzy yellow blanket-and he wont give it up. ![]()
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