Owl Capone–he’s got a heart as big as his fedora and he is ready to steal hearts everywhere.Owl knows the way into people’s hearts is through his legendary sandwich wraps and OG secret family sauce served at his restaurant in the Windy Forest. He’s practically considered a celebrity! But when he is unexpectedly betrayed by his right-hand man, a sneaky little rat named Gus, Owl is forced to close the doors to his restaurant.
Will Owl be able to win back his customers and reopen his once beloved restaurant?
With an affirming message that encourages readers to view kindness as a strength rather than a weakness,
Owl Capone is sure to leave you hungry and wanting more!
"The kind message at its heart is the real secret sauce." – Publisher’s Weekly
On sale: September 22, 2026
Age: 4-8 years
Grade: Preschool - 3
Page count: 40 Pages
ISBN: 9798217042326
Christy Ewers has been writing this book her whole life, but she wasn’t sure how it would end until a real-life “Gus” mistook her kindness for weakness. When she’s not writing, Christy works as an agent for children’s book writers and illustrators. She represents some of the kindest, most talented people making books today–including Rob Sayegh Jr.! Christy likes pitbulls, the Red Sox, exclamation points, and big smiles. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children, and two dogs. This is her first published book, but certainly not her last. Learn more about Christy on Instagram @christyewers_cat_agency.
Rob Sayegh Jr. is on a mission to find the best
wrap artists in his neighborhood. But his day job is as the author-illustrator of
Dawn Patrol and
Love Tails, and as the illustrator of
New York Times bestselling books
Cupig: The Valentine’s Day Pig and Seth Meyers’s
I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared! He has also illustrated books like
Arlo Draws an Octopus,
Proper Badger Would Never, and
Big Rig Pig. Rob currently lives in San Francisco, California, with his family. To see more of Rob’s work, please visit RobSayArt.com.
"An owl restaurateur gets some unexpected competition from a double-crossing colleague... Sayegh’s digital collage art, which features an all-animal cast dressed like players in a golden-age gangster movie, sure is swell. Anyone familiar with gangster tropes should find this book terrific fun."
– Kirkus Reviews
"Ewers, making her debut, and Sayegh (the Proper Badger series) smuggle a lesson about kindness inside an unlikely wrapper: a classic gangster story. Owl Capone, dressed in a pinstriped suit and jaunty fedora, is a community pillar... Densely textured, digitally finished mixed-media collage echoes the hard-boiled text, paying loving tribute to The Godfather with winks that include a menu board that puns on gangster classics... the kind message at its heart is the real secret sauce."
– Publisher’s Weekly
