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|reviewer=Sam Tyler
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When the forest grows dark, nocturnal creatures like to come out, including Little Owl. This is an owl who sees colour everywhere, join them as they see all the colors colours and colours of the night.
|rating=3.5
|buy=Maybe
}}
When you pick up a children's book, sometimes things feels feel a little off. Books for kids can be almost too sickly sweet; the characters have massive eyes and enjoy themselves too much. Who has that much fun in one day? What is wrong with Divya Srinivasan's ''Little Owl's Colors''? Perhaps it is the lack of attention to detail when printing a book for the UK market? Colour me perplexed.
Little Owl is a curious fellow who likes to fly around the forest at night checking out the various creatures who have ventured forth once the sun has set. You would be surprised how many animals are still around to say hello and they come in so many different colours.
The book itself is also decent quality, a solid little card book that will last a good number of reads. The colours Srinivasan's uses are also impressive, popping from the page, although the book is sometimes set at night and the prominent colour is grey. Everything with this book is good, but there is something off.
Firstly, the title is Colors and not Colours. This is perhaps not the biggest issue for some, but for an educational book , I think the spelling should be right for the country it is sold in. It smacks of corner -cutting. Also, Little Owl itself is too saccharine looking; its large bulbous eyes are meant to be cute, but actually induce nausea. The other animals look stylised, but pleasant enough. When the main character is too twee, it can be a little annoying.
To the toddler/older baby that you will be reading this book to, whether owl is creepily cute is neither here or nor there. For them, ''Little Owl'' provides an interesting book that explores both colours and nocturnal animals. It's just that if you analyze these colors colours they may not look right to UK eyes.
There are books available about colours that spell the word correctly for the market including [[Mr Pusskins - Colours by Sam Lloyd]] and [[Colours by Aino-Maija Metsola]]. We also liked [[Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman and Divya Srinivasan]].
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