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The Legend of Santa Owl Paperback – November 12, 2012

by Dvora Swickle (Author)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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How Christmas came to the animals of the forest and everywhere.
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  1. Print length
    64 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    GOOD RED ROAD PUBLISHING LLC
  4. Publication date
    November 12, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    8.5 x 0.13 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1897512651
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1897512654
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ GOOD RED ROAD PUBLISHING LLC (November 12, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1897512651
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1897512654
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.13 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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Dvora Swickle

Dvora Swickle

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Dvora Swickle lives in the quaint fishing village of Gig Harbor, Washington. There the grass is green, the trees are tall, and the animals roam freely. Dvora believes that all children's should live bully free and learn confidence in there own special ways. My stories are like a box of cracker jacks, a lovely reading experience with a message inside just for them to grow on. In this day we are all going in so many directions it’s hard to stop and give advice, sometimes advice is not wanted. Kids like to think they know it all but we know that is impossible, for experience is the gift of learning. Come and join Dvora as she tells her many tales. Her words will follow you all through your life!

Dvora Swickle (AKA D.A. Johnson) has been entertaining and writing for children (and her two kids) for over 20 years. Dvora drove school bus for 10 years enjoys reading in school classrooms. She has a captivating voice. Dvora now works with special needs children and is devoted to helping students 18 to 21 transition from high school into the work community and living independently.

Stories can help students understand problems without feeling it is directed towards them personally. Dvora enjoys reading and putting fun voices to her characters, inviting children to take part. Every time she reads "sweet green grass" kids are encouraged to raise there hands. Dvora loves seeing all the fingers in the air, makes her feel so appreciated and lov’d.

She has written over 40 stories and is the author of two poetry collections. The first poetry collection "Dress Up" is available in paperback. The second collection "Kittywampus" is available in eBook format. Dvora encourages young children to develop a life-long love for language and reading. She believes that poetry can play a big role in motivating children to read. "Poetry helps young readers understand language, words and feelings through rhythm and rhyme.

Children feel comfortable with poems because it's like playtime with words."

Dvora's motto is T.T.R.A.B, "Time To Read Another Book".

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WendysBookcase
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Christmas Legend
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2013
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The Legend of Santa Owl, by Dvora Swickle has to be one of my favorite Christmas reads this season.
The book starts out with a wonderful poem. A squirrel named Norman with a handful of nuts is running to visit his friend Ollie Owl. He of course trips over something and it is a beautiful glittery ball. Ollie has no idea what the glittery ball is so he fly’s to local farm to find out. Norman takes the ball home. Ollie looks in the window and sees a tree with no root all glittered and twinkling all around. The Mr. and Mrs. pulled out a box with glittery balls to place on the tree. He hears a poem about placing on tree and it will bring gifts on Christmas Eve. Owl fly’s back to Norman’s house and informs him. Norman hangs the ball in his tree home and went to bed and dreams of goodies. Owl watches at window waiting for Santa. But Christmas is for humans no animals he learns. They laughed. Ollie left sad and a tear in his eye, then he heard a ho ho ho and a gift floats down, which he catches. Ollie took the gift to Norman’s house for him to open. After that night Christmas is for animals too.
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Tamy
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book for Kids of all Ages!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2012
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Loved the colorful illustrations. A great story of friendship and how to help others. When the squirrel found the Christmas ornament, his excitement was so contagious. This story is a great one for kids of all ages. I recommend you get the paper version so that you can read it over and over to your kids and they can look at the pictures even when you are not reading it together. This is an all time favorite for my family.
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AnnaBernyc Calderone
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013
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My 1 year old woke up during the night one night wanting to play. She was not going to go back to sleep. I grabbed my kindle and found I had this book so I read it to her she loved it. She sat there and listened and looked at all the pics. I would for sure tell all my friends about this wonderful book.

5 stars for sure.
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Adele M. Crouch
5.0 out of 5 stars A cute story with a happy ending
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2012
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The plot is smooth and the illustrations are adorable. The author has a knack for using animals in the story to give it a fun twist. She has also worked very hard to edit and correct any previous misspelled words and for this reason, I have returned to edit my review.
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Santa Owl
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012
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This book was a great read. The imagery and imagination was darling. I liked the excitement in the squirrel when he found the Christmas ornament, it was really cute. The author has a good sense of writing skills.. I can't wait to read more of her children's books!
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Alicia's StoryMakers
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures and wonderful rhymes
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013
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MHZ Book Reviews and Giveaways received a free e-copy of The Legend of Santa Owl so we could provide and open and honest review. We received no monetary compensation and all opinions are our own.

As Yang (my 8year old daughter) and I snuggled into bed for our nightly story, we pulled out the Kindle and began reading The Legend of Santa Owl. She was instantly drawn in by the beautiful pictures and wonderful rhymes. Ollie the Owl teaches us the magic of friendship and shows us to what extent we will go to make our friends dreams comes true. A wonderful Christmas themed book for the young, and young at heart.

Norman is a little squirrel who finds a glistening ball and wonders what it is. When he takes his shiny ball to his friend Ollie the Owl, Ollie sets out to find out what it is that Norman has found. When Ollie visits a nearby farm he learns that Norman's ball will bring gifts when hung by a tree he flies home tell Norman all about it. Norman hangs the ball inside his tree and drifts off in hopes of gifts by his bed. When Ollie realizes that no one is coming he sets off to find out why and help his friends dreams come true, but will he be able to on a holiday meant for only humans?
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Bruce Barbre
5.0 out of 5 stars It's a new Christmas story for kids
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2012
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Love it. Definitely will be sharing this with my young grand daughters ages, 2, 2 & 3. Nicely illustrated and cute story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2013
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This is charming, a lovely read! Children and parents can share and fall in love with the characters... more please!
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Nick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for all ages.
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2013
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I purchased this e-book well over a month ago, and only just got around to reading it. I enjoyed the book and found it to be very well written and illustrated, with words that were able to be understood by all ages without recourse to a dictionary. It is a great little story, well suited for reading to your children at bedtime, and even enjoyable by those who do not have children. I would recommend this book to anyone who asked for a quick, light read.
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