Stinky Owl

Mom’s Choice Award
Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention

San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention

Stinky, a great horned owl, has a problem making friends…because his favorite food is skunk! Inspired by the birds of prey at the Rocky Gap State Park Aviary in Maryland, Melanie Burgess’ lifelike illustrations bring this story to life. Learn about Stinky and his predator friends in this fun and educational children’s tale.

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Mom’s Choice Award
Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention

San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention

This book was inspired by the birds of prey at the Rocky Gap State Park Aviary. At the time this book was written, all of the birds of the Aviary were included.

Although it is portrayed in this story that the birds could smell Stinky Owl, most birds of prey, particularly with the Great Horned Owl, do not have a sense of smell. The author disregarded that fact for the purpose of storytelling.

The Aviary at Rocky Gap State Park houses and cares for birds of prey that have been injured or impacted in some way that makes them unable to survive in the wild. The birds are ambassadors in a Statewide Environmental Education Program called “Scales & Tales”, with a three-fold mission: “Scales & Tales” encourages an appreciation for the splendor and diversity of Maryland’s Wildlife, promotes an understanding of the relationship between man and wildlife and the habitat they share, and encourages people to visit state forests and parks to further explore that relationship.

The scenery illustrations in this book were drawn from different locations around Rocky Gap State Park, including the Indian Trail Marker Tree. Rocky Gap State Park has not substantiated that several trees were used in this way but the age of the trees suggest that it was indeed possible.

Year Published

2018

Author

Melanie Burgess

ISBN

9781946664303

Cover

Hardcover

Size

10 x 7

Pages

32

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About the Author

Melanie Burgess, author and illustrator, is a graduate of Charis Bible College, a licensed minister, and mother of three children. In 2014, she and her husband, David, moved from Colorado Springs back to Keyser, WV, where they are camp hosts at Rocky Gap State Park in Maryland. The aviary at the park inspired her first children’s book, Stinky Owl, and she is part of the Headline Books School Show Program.