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The barn owls

For at least 100 years, generations of barn owls have slept, hunted, called, raised their young, and glided silently above the wheat fields around an old barn.

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Main Author:	Johnston, Tony, 1942-
Other Authors:	Ray, Deborah Kogan, 1940- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2000
Subjects:	Barn owl > Juvenile fiction Owls > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	For at least 100 years, generations of barn owls have slept, hunted, called, raised their young, and glided silently above the wheat fields around an old barn.
Item Description:	"A Talewinds book."
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:	0881069817 (hc) 0881069825 (sc)
Author Notes:	Tony Johnston was born in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 1942. She received a B.A. in history and an M.A in education from Stanford University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a fourth-grade teacher. She has written over 70 books for children. Her titles include Amber on the Mountain, the Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea, Day of the Dead, the Ghost of Nicholas Greebe, the Sparky and Eddie series, and the Adventures of Mole and Troll. Her first adult novel was Any Small Goodness. Her works have earned her several awards including a Children's Choice Award for Four Scary Stories and the Beatty Award in 2002 for Any Small Goodness. (Bowker Author Biography)