Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2023
Journal / Book Title
Thinking in Stories: Reviewing Philosophy in Children's Literature
Abstract
A father and daughter go out together at night to visit an owl. This simple story opens discussions about what fathers owe their children, about what humans owe to wild creatures, and about going outside our comfort zones – what we owe ourselves, as multi-dimensional beings enclosed in just one small life. The pictures take the reader along on this simple and astonishing adventure, a model perhaps for how adults can sometimes be helpful to children.
Book Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Shea, Peter, "(2023) Owl Moon (1987) by Jane Yolen" (2023). Collected Papers of Peter Shea. 19.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_pshea/19