Customer Reviews
Brilliant book - By: C. Slingsby, 19 Oct 2008 
This book is charming. It is about an owl 'Plop' who is afraid of the dark & so is encouraged by his parents to find out about it. By the end of the book Plop has listened to everyone's views & made his own mind up.
My daughter & I love this book!
Pine Class Review - By: Pine Class, 07 Oct 2008 In a dark, spooky, grey, forest a young barn owl called Plop sat on a branch outside his family's nest. Plop's father had decided to go hunting & had invited Plop to join him. Plop had said 'No'. Unfortunately Plop had a problem... he was afraid of the dark.
Plop's mother saw a little boy & told Plop to fly down to ask him about the dark.
Find out what Plop discovered about the dark, & follow his amazing adventure,in 'the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'.
Pine class really enjoyed reading about Plop's progressin this story & gave it 5 stars.
Ash Class' Review - By: Ms. J. L. Pereira, 07 Oct 2008 This is a story about an owl that was afraid of the dark. He is called Plop. Plop is a barn owl, who is ALWAYS hungry! Plop is terrified of the dark. Which is weird as owls are night birds & not normally afraid of the dark. Plop has an adventure every day, he meets lots of new people who describe to Plop what the dark is about.
It is a funny story especially the part where he kept on asking for food, eating it & then asking what he'd eaten, & what was next. HAHAHA!
We thought it was an interesting book & particularly funny when Plop kept falling out of the tree. Or when he thought the young lady was Father Christmas.
Ash class thought that this story was an interesting, funny, fantastic, exciting, delightful, wonderful, superb, great, fascinating, amazing, spectaular adventure.
We recommend this book to everyone. It's a HOOT!
A book that needs no formal introduction - By: Amazon Reviewer, 05 Feb 2008 from Jill Tomlinson
Large paperback with 40 high quality shiny pagesin the popular 2-page spread format.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, by Paul Howard.
From the back cover:-
`Plop is a baby barn owl.
He is the same as every baby Barn Owl that has ever been - except for one thing....he is afraid of the dark.
Beautifully illustrated by Paul Howard, this stunning new picture book is based on Jill Tomlinson's classic story.'
Example of text:-
"I don't want to be a night bird," Plop told his Mummy.
"Dark is nasty."
"You don't know that," she said. "You'd better find out about the dark before you make up your mind. Look, there's a little boy down there. Go & ask him."
So Plop, who was quite new at flying, took a deep breath & flew down........
In his quest to ease his fears, & with his Mummy's advice, Plop goes on to meet an old lady, a boy guarding a camp-fire, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, a man with a telescope & a black cat who takes him exploring.
From these encounters, Plop comes to realize that the dark is not so nasty after all:-
The little boy said that DARK IS EXCITING.
The old lady said that DARK IS KIND.
The boy at the campfire said DARK IS FUN.
The little girl said DARK IS NECESSARY.
The man with the telescope said DARK IS WONDERFUL.
The black cat said DARK IS BEAUTIFUL.
and by the end of this delightful book, Plop has a different opinion on being a night bird as he joins his Mum & Dad to do what all barn owls do!
Love the book but watch out for the abridged version! - By: Mrs. Megan E. Howarth, 11 Dec 2007 I loved this book when I was a child & was desperate to buy a copy for our little boy as our old copy was rather "well used". If you are a fan of the original version then watch out as I managed to purchase an abridged version by mistake (shown as new edition) - it wasn't very clear on the website that this was not the full book.
Look out for number of pages - the full copy has 112, abridged 40. The new shorter edition looks wonderful with lovely new illustrations & would be good for younger children but I'm too nostalgic for the original so will be swapping this.
