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The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark

By: Jill Tomlinson
Narrated by: Bill Oddie
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Plop is a baby Barn Owl. He's the same as every other baby Barn Owl that has ever been - except for one thing: he is afraid of the dark.

A night-time adventure based on the classic story by Jill Tomlinson. Read by Bill Odie, this audiobook includes a soundtrack and a song.

©2004 The Estate of Jill Tomlinson (text), Paul Howard (illustration); Barry Gibson (music and song) (P)2008 Egmont UK Limited Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Humourous Fiction Literature & Fiction

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"[G]reat for calming night-time fears." ( Practical Parenting)
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We love this book and the audio is just beautiful too- the music and voices. Thank you. 🙂 perfect for any child who is scared of the dark.

we love this as a book and love the audio

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This was really disappointing. Not only is the story abridged with annoying musical inserts, it is a different reader. Turns out I wanted the version read by Maureen Lipman which I used to listen to to go to sleep as a child. Unfortunately, Audible doesn't have that. This one might have been okay if they hadn't cut all the good bits.

Not the one I remember

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As a kid we had a cassete tape of this book. It was a wonderful reading that stayed with me for 30 years. Could not remember who by. THIS WAS NOT IT.

This reading is grating on the ears. All the voices he does are hard to understand because they're all screechy and whiny and nasal.
Also, the book has been abridged for no apparent reason, taking away all of the funniest parts and a large amount of the character building, where was the part where he eats all the time, where were his parent's entire personalities?
Another frustrating thing about the abridgement was that whatever time was 'saved' in cutting out quality storytelling was then wasted with horrendous music that made it feel even more disjointed.
Very, very dissatisfied.

I'd like a refund

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