Eyes in the Night

Children's Bookwatch, Dec, 2004

Eyes In The Night

Jan Ramage & Laura Peterson

Cygnet/ISBS, dist.

920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213

1920694250 $24.25 1-800-944-6190 www.isbscatalog.com

Eyes In The Night by Jan Ramage is a picturebook about a young boy's effort to rehabilitate an injured owl that he discovers in his yard in Australia. Laura Peterson's dark yet beautiful color illustrations add a dramatic touch to this simple story, which is grounded in the very real tragedy that feral cats have brought to the land of Australia--after their introduction by Australian settlers, many domestic cats and other animals have turned feral, and since Australia has no natural predator like them, they have exacted a devastating toll on the continent's wildlife, even rendering some species extinct. A captivating story of the bond between rehabilitator and a majestic injured creature.