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The first one sounds a bit like E. Nesbit's short story "The Book of Beasts", in which, as a prince reads the titular book, the animals come to life. This isn't too bad when he's reading about butterflies and birds, but it becomes a bit more problematic when he turns to the pages on dragons and manticores. I don't think it takes place in a school, though. Ring any bells?
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
No, but thanks anyway. This book takes place in the modern day, and the only creature to appear is the roc.
Squawwwk! by Thomas Rockwell?
That's it! Thanks!
Any idea about the second one?
Is it Owls In The Family by Farley Mowat? There's two owls, though, and one is named Wol, not Lwo. Pretty well known book in Canada.
That must be it. I guess I misremembered the name. Elementary school was a long time ago for me. :)
Thanks!
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I have two books to remember.
The first was a short book I read in elementary school, so it would have been the mid- to late 70's. A boy is reading a book in school, and the word 'roc' gets blurry then starts to jump around the page, and even grows a beak. Soon, it starts to grow into an actual roc.
About the only other thing I remember about it was the description of the roc. It had bright blue feathers, and at full size its eyes were as big and as orange as basketballs.
The second one, also from my elementary school days, was about a family who adopted an injured baby owl, and named him Lwo, because that was 'owl' backwards. That's really all I remember about that one because we all thought it was funny to hear the teacher try to pronounce "Lwo."
Has anyone else heard of these?
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