A gentle tale of three baby owls reassures young children that Mummy will always come home. Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy & Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch & wait... Darkness gathers & the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return. But, at last, she does & they bounce up & down with joy, welcoming her home. ...

The Owl Foldable Shopping Bag, comes as a compact & colourful pouch in the shape of an owl & unfolds into a tote bag featuring a delicate decorative print. Very lightweight, the little owl can fit any handbag & be ready to use as an alternative to a plastic bag. The Owl Foldable Shopping Bag is ideal for when you pop out to get your lunch or a few items from the shops. ...

These beautiful Glitter Christmas Greetings Cards feature The Owl vintage image & Merry Christmas print, from the Cavallini & Co. archive. Packed in a stylish festive red box, the 10 folded cards & envelops are blank inside & measure 9.5x 13.5cm. Add magic sparkles to your Christmas greetings. ...

`A beautiful book; wise & sharp-eared as its subject`
- Robert Macfarlane` Her softness took my breath away. Deadly beauty. She
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Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing
- he is afraid of the dark. ” Dark is nasty”
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Owls Do Cry is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; & Daphne, whose rich, poetic imagination condemns her to a life in institutions. ` Janet Frame`s first full-length work of fiction, Owls Do Cry, is an exhilarating & dazzling prelude to her long & successful career. She was to write in several modes, publishing poems, short stories, fables & volumes of autobiography, as well as other novels of varied degrees of formal complexity, but Owls Do Cry remains unique in her oeuvre. It has the freshness & fierceness of a mingled cry of joy & pain. Its evocation of childhood recalls Blake`s Songs of Innocence & of Experience, as well as the otherworldly Shakespearean lyric of her title & epigraph, but her handling of her dark material is wholly original` Margaret Drabble ...

In this beautiful follow-up to Our Garden Birds, Our Songbirds & Our Woodland Birds, street artist Matt Sewell captures the world`s most evocative bird: the owl. In his much-loved pop-art watercolours & accompanied with his whimsical descriptions, Matt Sewell expresses the individual characters of owls as never before. From tiny Elf Owls to huge Eagle Owls, from the mysterious creatures of the night to an impossibly fluffy baby owl, they are undoubtedly one of the world`s most intriguing feathered friends. These wise, magical birds are otherworldly in their striking colours & stature, & it`s not just birdwatchers who are obsessed. With 50 h&-selected, h&-painted owls, this is a delightful gift which appeals to owl lovers, bird-watching enthusiasts, children, adults & art & design fans alike. ...

This unique illustrated map-guide to Oxford, Engl&, is exceptionally clear & easy to use. Aerial 3D illustration of Oxford from the south, produced in stunning detail by artist & illustrator Nick Gibbard. The colleges & major landmarks of the city stand out in all their beauty. An index of street names, landmarks & colleges is given. Indispensable for cartophiles, students, residents & visitors alike. The map
Includes::- Street index
- Universities
- Theatres
- Churches & places of worship
- Car parking
- Shopping centres
- New one-way street systems.






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Map No. 164, Oxford, in the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000 including Bicester, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, Witney, Woodstock, Kidlington, Abingdon, Didcot, Benson, Appleford, Drayton, Grove, Goosey, Dorchester, Burcot, Marcham, Chalgrove, Toot Baldon, Tetsworth, Fyfield, Shellingford, Littleworth, Duxford, Wootton, Cumnor, Wytham, Garsington, Horspath, Tiddington, Warminghall, Horton-cum-Studley, Marston, Eynsham, Stanton Harcourt, Aston, Bampton, North Leigh, Brize Norton, Leafield, Bladon, Yarnton, Islip, Brill, Murcott, Ludgershall, Wendlebury, Charndon, Twyford, Fringford, Somerton, Upper Hayford, Standford St. Martin, Tackley, Great Tew, Spelsbury & Enstone, with the Vale of White Horse & the Thames Path including the E2 European long-distance path. Edition D2; Publication Date: June 2011 This title is also available on our website in a waterproof & tear-resistant version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

` Few cities, ` Jan Morris observes, `have been much more loved, loathed, & celebrated.` This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, & people of one of Britain`s most fascinating cities. `A book of outstanding excellence, with a sweep of knowledge & a distinction of style such as I have never before encountered in a work of this sort.. . Brilliant alike in observation & imagination.. .brings the very stones of Oxford to life` Sunday Telegraph. ...