Today’s Picture Book Postcard is from Owl of Owls Make Terrible Teachers.
The last thing you expect when you enter your classroom is that your teacher is out and the sub is… an owl?! Please BEWARE! Owls may be cool, but they make TERRIBLE teachers! You’ll be trudging through school in the middle of the night, dodging owl pellets, and don’t even ask about the field trip. Having an owl for a teacher is worse than talons on a whiteboard!

Owls Make Terrible Teachers
Author: Kristi Mahoney
Illustrator: Chantelle & Burgen Thorne
Publisher: Gnome Road Publishing
Publication Date: April 28, 2026
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!
We had so much fun with Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians, we didn’t want it to end. Owls Make Terrible Teachers brings the same cast of human characters back for another silly and informative adventure… with a substitute teacher…who happens to be AN OWL!
– Author Kristi Mahoney
About Author Kristi Mahoney
Kristi Mahoney is the author of both Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians and Owls Make Terrible Teachers. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, son, daughter, and seven fur-family members. She loves animals of all kinds (including owls), thinks teachers are pretty great, and believes life is better with a bit of laughter.
Find out more about this author at https://www.kristimahoneybooks.com/.
About Illustrators Chantelle & Burgen Thorne
Chantelle and Burgen Thorne are a multi-award winning (married) illustration team. In the rolling green hills of their home in the countryside, they spend their days illustrating stories for kids – preferably featuring a bit of humor and a TON of animals! Right now, their fur-family includes three dogs, four cats, and two horses – once upon a time they also had pigs and ducks and chickens and goats and rabbits and cows. But that’s a tail for another time…
Find out more about this illustrator team at https://www.chantelleandburgen.com/.
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