--- product_id: 4195022 title: "Owen: A Story About Letting Go of a Comfort Object (Caldecott Honor Book)" price: "R995" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/4195022-owen-a-story-about-letting-go-of-a-comfort-object store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Caldecott Honor-winning acclaimed story Beloved mouse character with timeless appeal Oversize hardcover for immersive reading Owen: A Story About Letting Go of a Comfort Object (Caldecott Honor Book) **Price:** R995 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Embrace the magic of childhood comfort—because some stories never outgrow us. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Owen: A Story About Letting Go of a Comfort Object (Caldecott Honor Book) - **How much does it cost?** R995 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/4195022-owen-a-story-about-letting-go-of-a-comfort-object) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Relatable & Reassuring:** Addresses peer pressure and compromise with warmth, making it a must-have for parents navigating early childhood transitions. - • **Timeless Comfort Story:** A heartfelt narrative about childhood attachment and letting go that resonates across generations. - • **Oversize Hardcover Format:** Generous large-format design perfect for engaging read-aloud sessions and family story time. - • **Award-Winning Illustration:** Caldecott Honor and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor recognized artwork that captivates both kids and adults. - • **Bestselling Author Credibility:** From Kevin Henkes, a #1 New York Times bestselling author with multiple prestigious awards, ensuring quality and trust. ## Overview Owen: A Story About Letting Go of a Comfort Object is a Caldecott Honor-winning oversize hardcover picture book by Kevin Henkes. It tells the relatable story of Owen and his beloved fuzzy yellow blanket, exploring themes of attachment, compromise, and growing up. Praised for its rhythmic text and charming illustrations, this bestselling book is perfect for read-aloud moments and supports parents and children through the emotional journey of letting go. ## Description A Caldecott Honor Book “Owen is everychild.” — Booklist (starred review) Owen’s fuzzy yellow blanket goes where he goes, even when others think he is too old for it. Will Owen’s blanket go to school? A classic, evergreen, Caldecott Honor and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor picture book about comfort and compromise from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes. “Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket. He’d had it since he was a baby. He loved it with all his heart.” Owen’s blanket is his favorite possession. Everywhere he goes, Fuzzy goes with him. Upstairs, downstairs, in-between. Inside, outside, upside down. Everywhere! When Owen is about to start school, their neighbor offers advice to Owen’s parents about how to get rid of Fuzzy, but Owen foils each attempt. Then his mother comes up with the perfect plan that makes everyone happy. Any child who relies on a comfort object will instantly relate to Owen . This is a story about compromise that speaks both to those not yet ready to let go and those who have moved on. The repetitive, rhythmic text is perfect for reading aloud and story times, and the artwork, in Owen and in all of Kevin Henkes’s mouse books, is playful, funny, inviting, and timeless. School Library Journal says, “Most children have a beloved possession that adults expect them to give up, and Owen is sure to become their champion.” Kevin Henkes is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon , two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Children’s Literature Lecture Award, and Children’s Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors. Favorites from his body of work include the picture books Waiting, A Parade of Elephants, and The World and Everything In It , and the novels for middle grade readers Olive’s Ocean, Bird Lake Moon , and the Miller Family Stories. Kevin Henkes’s classic and bestselling mouse books include: Chester’s Way Chrysanthemum Julius, the Baby of the World Lilly’s Big Day Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Owen Sheila Rae, the Brave Wemberly Worried A Weekend with Wendell Penny and Her Marble, Penny and Her Sled, Penny and Her Song, Penny and Her Doll (Level 1 I Can Reads) Review: Loved the book - Bought as a gift for my great grandson. He’s due September 22. And will be named Owen. His parents loved the book. Review: There are different ways to begin letting go... Owen's mom knows that! - Sharing the name of our middle grandson was the primary reason I looked into this book, for whom it was being purchased, though its status as a Caldecott Honor book coupled with its inclusion on desertcart's book editors "100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime" didn't hurt! In this cute story, Owen the mouse - since infancy - has had a fuzzy yellow blanket as his constant companion... perhaps not AS fuzzy as it once was, considering it's gone through the rigours of typical childhood play - both indoors and outdoors - along with being a mealtime companion. Despite being stained, torn and ratty, Owen believes "Fuzzy is perfect." However, nosy neighbor mouse Mrs. Tweezers decides Owen - who'll be starting school soon - is too old to be carrying it around, and suggests a few "remedies" to his parents (the Blanket Fairy, who operates in much the same way as the Tooth Fairy, and the "vinegar trick" - which is exactly what you'd imagine it to be! - but little Owen has his own remedies for those tactics. When Mrs. Tweezers finally suggests to his parents that they simply say "no" to its continuing place in Owen's life, he's inconsolable. Oh, go blow your nose, Mrs.Tweezers! Owen's mother - as loving and sympathetic mothers will do - comes up with an ingenious way to compromise, snipping and sewing that treasured big piece of cloth into a much smaller handkerchief-sized piece, which Owen can continue to carry around and use in multi-purpose ways as always, until he naturally outgrows it - a compromise which even hushes up nosy Mrs. Tweezers! Upon reading it, a couple of things hit me - first, it would've been a more obvious fit for our oldest grandson (who DID have a "blankie" that was hard to phase out), while our middle grandson has never had a typical "lovie" he's clung to, but also WHOOSH - did it bring back memories for me of an absolutely beloved doll from my childhood, which I found one day (while roller skating in our garage) in a trash can! My dear mother recalls to this day how horrified I was, and no manner of cajoling ("We'll get you a new doll!") or explanation ("She's falling apart... one of her eyes doesn't close any longer, all of her eyelashes have been plucked out, half of her hair is gone!") would console me. And while sometimes it IS best to just "rip off the band-aid", my wise mother decided that - for whatever reasons - I was just not yet ready to lose that piece of my childhood. (And guess what... the arrival of new presents under the tree and my expanding interests allowed for an eventual, much more natural and peaceful parting of the ways!) Here's what I know for sure - from being a youngster once myself, through raising two sons, and now being blessed with four grandchildren - peer pressure to conform is there not only for kids, but for parents as well, and there will always be "Mrs. Tweezers"-types around, dispensing advice (no matter how well-intentioned) as to what "should" or "should not" be happening when it comes to your youngsters. Ignore them - it's not ALWAYS the best strategy to rip the band-aid off... and there are less stressful compromises in so many instances that ingenious parents - like you! - can come up with while accompanying your child on the journey from childhood to adolescence. I really enjoyed this book - and I know our grandson will be thrilled to see his name in print! (Imprinted price on the back of the book is $17.99 US... think it's a bit stiff, but found a much better price on desertcart.) ## Features - Oversize hard cover book ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #20,662 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #86 in Children's Daily Activities Books #134 in Children's Mouse, Hamster, Guinea Pig & Squirrel Books #162 in Children's Pet Books (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 962 Reviews | ## Images ![Owen: A Story About Letting Go of a Comfort Object (Caldecott Honor Book) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KxSSWfI1L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved the book *by M***Y on August 19, 2026* Bought as a gift for my great grandson. He’s due September 22. And will be named Owen. His parents loved the book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There are different ways to begin letting go... Owen's mom knows that! *by G***Y on February 15, 2017* Sharing the name of our middle grandson was the primary reason I looked into this book, for whom it was being purchased, though its status as a Caldecott Honor book coupled with its inclusion on Amazon's book editors "100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime" didn't hurt! In this cute story, Owen the mouse - since infancy - has had a fuzzy yellow blanket as his constant companion... perhaps not AS fuzzy as it once was, considering it's gone through the rigours of typical childhood play - both indoors and outdoors - along with being a mealtime companion. Despite being stained, torn and ratty, Owen believes "Fuzzy is perfect." However, nosy neighbor mouse Mrs. Tweezers decides Owen - who'll be starting school soon - is too old to be carrying it around, and suggests a few "remedies" to his parents (the Blanket Fairy, who operates in much the same way as the Tooth Fairy, and the "vinegar trick" - which is exactly what you'd imagine it to be! - but little Owen has his own remedies for those tactics. When Mrs. Tweezers finally suggests to his parents that they simply say "no" to its continuing place in Owen's life, he's inconsolable. Oh, go blow your nose, Mrs.Tweezers! Owen's mother - as loving and sympathetic mothers will do - comes up with an ingenious way to compromise, snipping and sewing that treasured big piece of cloth into a much smaller handkerchief-sized piece, which Owen can continue to carry around and use in multi-purpose ways as always, until he naturally outgrows it - a compromise which even hushes up nosy Mrs. Tweezers! Upon reading it, a couple of things hit me - first, it would've been a more obvious fit for our oldest grandson (who DID have a "blankie" that was hard to phase out), while our middle grandson has never had a typical "lovie" he's clung to, but also WHOOSH - did it bring back memories for me of an absolutely beloved doll from my childhood, which I found one day (while roller skating in our garage) in a trash can! My dear mother recalls to this day how horrified I was, and no manner of cajoling ("We'll get you a new doll!") or explanation ("She's falling apart... one of her eyes doesn't close any longer, all of her eyelashes have been plucked out, half of her hair is gone!") would console me. And while sometimes it IS best to just "rip off the band-aid", my wise mother decided that - for whatever reasons - I was just not yet ready to lose that piece of my childhood. (And guess what... the arrival of new presents under the tree and my expanding interests allowed for an eventual, much more natural and peaceful parting of the ways!) Here's what I know for sure - from being a youngster once myself, through raising two sons, and now being blessed with four grandchildren - peer pressure to conform is there not only for kids, but for parents as well, and there will always be "Mrs. Tweezers"-types around, dispensing advice (no matter how well-intentioned) as to what "should" or "should not" be happening when it comes to your youngsters. Ignore them - it's not ALWAYS the best strategy to rip the band-aid off... and there are less stressful compromises in so many instances that ingenious parents - like you! - can come up with while accompanying your child on the journey from childhood to adolescence. I really enjoyed this book - and I know our grandson will be thrilled to see his name in print! (Imprinted price on the back of the book is $17.99 US... think it's a bit stiff, but found a much better price on Amazon.) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Owen *by C***I on March 27, 2026* Very cute story read it to my grandson who was three years old totally enjoyed. 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