

Owl Stays Up Late
A funny 12-page picture story set in the Whispering Wood, where Owl learns about winding down for sleep.
A funny 12-page picture story set in the Whispering Wood, where Owl learns about winding down for sleep.
A 12-page Bookcamp Original in English, for ages 3 to 5. Read it in the Bookcamp reader with pictures on every page, or let the read aloud voice tell it.
This is a story about Owl, and also about a day that refused to go the way anybody planned. At the edge of the Whispering Wood, the trees leaned close together, as if they were sharing a secret. It was nearly bedtime, but Owl was wiggly all over, wiggly in the toes and wiggly in the thoughts. Owl's tummy made a noise like a grumpy trombone, and everyone politely pretended not to hear.
Moss grew soft as a sleeve on every stone, and far away a woodpecker knocked on a door that was not there. Owl's mind was busy, busy, busy, like a beehive, even though the day was nearly done.
It began when Owl's toast landed jam side up, which everybody knows means an adventure is coming. Sure enough, a sign appeared: "This way to the Oldest Oak in the heart of the wood. Probably." Owl tried to whistle a brave tune, but only a small wet raspberry came out.
Written by software, cut in paper, the same on every screen.
- 1The story engine writes itEvery Bookcamp Original is written with the Bookcamp story engine, a piece of software that builds a 12-page story from a hero, a world, a lesson and a tone.
- 2Cut-paper picturesEach page is illustrated in the Bookcamp cut-paper style: torn shapes in a small set of flat colours, drawn in code.
- 3Same book every timeThe text is fixed. You read exactly the pages you see in Look inside, on any device.
Written with the Bookcamp story engine and illustrated in cut paper by Bookcamp.
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