{"id":6704,"date":"2026-07-01T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:09:00","slug":"owl-be-seeing-you-by-susan-marie-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6704","title":{"rendered":"Owl Be Seeing You by Susan Marie Chapman"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tenderhearted owl romance that\u2019ll have you screeching with happiness<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Grumpy the iguana is trying to sleep, but a persistent screeching out of his treehouse door won\u2019t let him. When he ventures outside, long dangly arms in tow, he sees Screech Owl, calling for his sweetheart. It\u2019s April\u2014screech owls\u2019 month for mating\u2014and he promised his sweetheart he\u2019d be right here, waiting for her.<\/p>\n

But Miss Screech Owl is nowhere to be found. Grumpy, by no surprise, is feeling a little grumpy about the whole thing. Could Screech please quiet down so he could get some rest?<\/p>\n

Screech knows Miss Screech Owl is out there somewhere, looking for him. She has to be. So instead of bothering Grumpy any longer, he flies off in search of her. Only problem is\u2014Miss Screech Owl arrives shortly after, looking for her sweetheart. Will Grumpy let her screech loud enough to bring him back to her?<\/p>\n

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Owl Be Seeing You<\/em> is just about the sweetest little owl romance your kid will read this year. Move over Simba and Nala, there\u2019s a new animal power couple in town. Screech is such a romantic, whispering sweet somethings to his sweetheart and believing deeply in their love. When he finally returns\u2014because for our little love-loving kids, he has to!\u2014he soars through the sky, saying \u201cYou are my destiny.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>If your little one is in a lovey phase, Owl Be Seeing You <\/em>will tickle their little beating heart like it did mine.<\/p>\n

The illustrations are something to hold dear as well. Grumpy as he may be, our leading iguana is more down in the dumps than he is angry. Sure, he doesn\u2019t want to be woken up, but he\u2019s not depicted in a manner that parents won\u2019t want represented. He shares his emotions without judgment and, while he does guilt Screech into departing, he falls for the romance as much as Screech did and demonstrates patience in caring for the clearly befallen Miss Screech.<\/p>\n

And the obstacle\u2014Screech leaving just before Miss Screech arrives\u2014is a good one. It helps us see that Grumpy\u2019s actions had consequences and that we\u2019re not entirely sure if the lovebirds will actually be reunited. That makes the moment of Screech\u2019s return all the more emotional. Your little reader will be cheering on Screech\u2019s soaring wings as much as mine was.<\/p>\n

Owl Be Seeing You <\/em>also incorporates a few pages of educational nonfiction about screech owls, like their small stature and supervision. Even when it dips back into the narrative, little owl facts make their way into the book in a natural way, like when they\u2019re teaching our little ones about April as their month to mate.<\/p>\n

This picture book romance is sweet and wholesome, a loving reminder of how mommies and daddies fall in love.<\/p>\n

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A tenderhearted owl romance that\u2019ll have you screeching with happiness Grumpy the iguana is trying to sleep, but a persistent screeching out of his treehouse door won\u2019t let him. When he ventures outside, long dangly arms in tow, he sees Screech Owl, calling for his sweetheart. It\u2019s April\u2014screech owls\u2019 month for mating\u2014and he promised his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}