Book giveaway: Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise

We were very happy to receive the book, as they say, one can never have too many books and I personally love the possibility to choose come bed time so that I'm not constantly reading the same old books. The book looks very interesting, simple colours but they work. We did have a few horrified looks though when the Hoot owl wanted to eat very odd things along the story so I wouldn't read it to a very young child, our boys are 5 and almost 4 so it wasn't a big deal. The boys did enjoy it and we have read it quite a few times so far :)

Thank you so much for my copy of this book! It's beautiful, great illustrations (reminds me a lot of the Meg & Mog books, which I love). My son found it hilarious, and has been calling himself a 'master of disguise' ever since! Thank you!

It's a hoot!

A very funny book with great illustrations which would appeal to youngers and oldies alike!

My neice loves this book. She loves the bright colours. She joins in with the story. She is 2yrs.

My DS (3) and DH both love Hoot Owl. We received the book in the giveaway and just a week later I have sticky tape holding the book back
in the cover as it is suffering from being 'loved' too much. He really gets the humour and loves the different disguises. 'I am Hoot Owl. I am hungry' is a new favourite catchphrase. He talks along to the simpler phrases in the book. I really like the bold illustrations and general page design which makes it stand out from other picture books we own.

Not bad

Amazing children book!
I wish I was a little girl again so I could fully enjoy this book!
The illustration is an absolute delight, and the story is really catching.
All the animals are amazing, and we know kids love animals very much.

A beautifully illustrated book with brilliant bold pictures. Good repetition for little ones to follow - a fab book. Thank you for our copy. :)

The book arrived today and my six year old daughter immediately started reading it. She loves owls and enjoyed reading out loud to her brother and I. A great book to share.

I didn't get this in the giveaway but saw Sean Taylor at Discover this afternoon. My DDs and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and love the book. The language is rich, the repetition and the humour are excellent for young children and the illustrations are clear, bright and colourful. My DH has just read it to both of my girls, complete with silly voices. They joined in and were all in fits of laughter. I have to confess that I hadn't heard of Sean Taylor before seeing this thread, but will definitely be looking out for more of his children's books.

Hoot Owl is a great family read. The repetition keeps my youngest engaged and encourages him to read aloud himself. It is a fun story too.

This book is a huge hit with my family. It was an instant favourite with my 13 month old. She has me read it at least 2-3 times every night. My husband things this story is hilarious and always laughs at certain parts. The illustrations and the writing are both absolutely brilliant. I'm a designer myself and I think the whole book is just put together so well. I'm so happy to have found such a great book to add to our library of children's books. My daughter really loves this book. She kisses the images of Hoot and of the Bunny in the beginning of the book!

The look of the book and wonderful illustrations invite everyone to read. As the reader I loved the feel of the quality paper too.
Lovely story, with the owl, the children loved reading the 2nd and 3rd time and knew what was happening. Definitely a book to read again and again .

We really enjoyed this book thankyou

This book is great, my little one is a bit young for it at the moment but my husband and I laughed out loud!

Thank you for the free copy!

Love the artwork and the more grown up humour. Think most of it went a bit over the kids heads but it doesn't take away from their enjoyment (even the slightly scary descriptions!).

Thanks for the free copy! I thought this might be a bit young for my 5 year old but she loves it and we've read it every night since it arrived and Italian sausage pizza has been requested for dinner. Nice broad range of vocab and funny story. Love the bright, bold illustration. Now we can imagine what the owls we hear outside are up to - doesn't look as if their mummy sheep disguises have been effective either!

Thank you mumsnet for the copy of Hoot Owl. My 3 year old loves it. I love the repetition of certain sentences as my daughter can join in and she has traced the outline of the drawings with her fingers. A great book.

My little girl loves this book we read it every night at bed time! She loves the illustrations...I thought she might find the book a bit creepy with the whole eating things up but she's a big fan!

Laugh out loud funny book with excellent illustrations. I liked the way the owl's eyes stood out on the cover. Looks like there will probably be a follow up as well. Excellent.

We received a free copy of this - thank you!
I have to admit that I loved the story but wasn't sure that my 2 and 3 year old would 'get' it - v happy to be proved wrong though, it's become a firm favourite. Being read on average 3 times a day and has them absolutely spellbound - thank god and thank you!

We received our book this week, thank you MN.
I sat with my DS aged 4 and he absolutely loved it, DS now wants a new bird bath!
The book brought up useful questions about what owls like to eat and I'm always very careful not to de-sensitise him about the cruelty of nature and teach him about the beauty of nature too. DS seemed to take all of this on board.
But I've only read the book once as DS takes the book to DH regularly now and it's their favorite story to read together which is a big bonus for me as DH seems to fear reading to DS (I don't know why).
All in all a well written funny story and wonderful pictures.

A bold and colourful book with a bit of fun. Owl takes himself a little too seriously trying on different disguises to catch his prey. The end of the book is fab as he stalks and catches something special. The costumes are great and the illustrations really bought it to life.