Provides an introduction to some of the animals of the night, focusing on bats and owls, and includes painted transparent pages that allow young readers to make discoveries of their own.
Presents full-color illustrated photographs that answer questions about some of the different species of owls that inhabit North America, and describes their habitat, how they hunt and care for their young, and more.
Soren, a barn owl that is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on at St. Aegolius Academy.
Soren is called upon by the elders of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree to lead a crew of spies into St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls and escape undetected in order to gain the information the noble owls need to fend off an attack by Kludd and the Pure Ones.
A band of four owls go on a quest for the mythic Great Ga'hoole Tree in an attempt to acquire the powers that will enable them to defeat the evil which threatens their kingdom.