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Owls - updated 30 June 2025
Owls are symbolic creatures in many cultures as described by the Owl Pages. They are often associated with wisdom and knowledge and thus often appear on bookmarks. They are used by bookstores, wildlife organizations, children's books, and other organizations. Our first example is the IFOB first year commemorative bookmark. Send us your favorite examples to the webmaster.

IFOB First Year Commemorative Bookmark 2016 The numbered and dated bookmarks are produced in a limited number to commemorate IFOB's first year of existence.

This is the front of the Night Owl bookmark in the banner above. From Laine Farley

Bookstores, publishers and other book suppliers often use owls as logos and illustrations.

From Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia

From Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, bookstore in Maine, Jan 2025

From Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, Jan 2025

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

German antiquarian bookstore in the German town of Eicklingen from Georg Hartong

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

From Laine Farley, California

Cheap book – online bookstore produces a series of bookmarks with various motifs (I have over 180 of them) and collector's series. Last year, they announced the National Bookmark Day on October 11. From Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

From Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia; bookstore in Canada

From Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia

From Debrah Gai Lewis

from Debrah Gai Lewis, Australia, bookstore in California

A Belgian bookstore uses the owl on the right as its logo; small versions on the other bookmarks. From Georg Hartong

Eulenspiegel (literally "owl mirror", probably named after Till Eulenspiegel, a joker from a German folklore tale), is a bookstore in Göttingen specializing in art and literature books. From Aurica Schoen

From bookstore Löhr with two branches, "House of Books" and "Paperback Store". The owl has an unusual shape. From Aurica Schoen

From a very old bookstore in Mülheim, Germany, which closed a few years ago. It issued several beautiful bookmarks with aphorisms or quotes. This quote by Stephan Hermlin says "Only this is future: change" From Aurica Schoen, Germany

"I come from bookstore Cremer" and treats us with a wisdom: "With any book, be it serious or funny, we are getting a little wiser day by day" (of course it rhymes more nicely in German). From Aurica Schoen

Publishers use owls as logos or artwork.

Ullstein uses another stylized logo; from Aurica Schoen

Publisher Diogenes always issues wonderful bookmarks. This one says "Reading weather". From Aurica Schoen

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

Frieling uses a winking owl; from Aurica Schoen

This Italian antiquarian bookseller, Libreria Naturalistica, issued many bookmarks with owls (other examples on this page), including several with owls sitting on books.

Libreria Naturalistica. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

A small version of Ullstein's logo; from Aurica Schoen

So does a university publisher in Rio di Janeiro with the motto "reading, research and teaching". From Aurica Schoen

Middelhauve Bucher has a reading owl; from Aurica Schoen

Publishers also use owls to promote specific books:

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

Promotes the Brazilian edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. From Aurica Schoen

"Mentes pora do lugar comum" ("Minds out of the ordinary", about the development of skills), published by WAK editora in Brasil. From Aurica Schoen.

Dutch publisher Schoonderbeek. Design from the front cover of Uilen geluk, 1895 (published in English as The happy owls), by the Dutch artist Theo van Hoijtema (1863-1917). From Rita Colognola, Jun 2025

"Die Seltsamen" (The Peculiar) is a fantasy novel by American author Stefan Bachmann. From Aurica Schoen

Helga Moghaddam, Germany, made this bookmark out of the book cover “Ökonokomik, Humorous sides of economics, by Arno Sölter”. 7 April 2023

Helga found in the book, attached as a personal bookmark this lovely owl, dedicated to Arno Sölter´s friends, colleagues and readers. 7 April 2023

Owls are used to promote other bookish organizations, events and places.

From Debrah Gai Lewis

National Library of Australia from Debrah Gai Lewis

A series from the library in Chojnice, the back has maxims from an unknown book, from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

Two Dutch libraries from Georg Hartong

From Debrah Gai Lewis

Municipal Public Library in Wrocław. A beautiful quote by Ernest Hemingway: "There is no friend more faithful than a book" from Jacek Haluszkiewicz, Poland, 4 April 2025

From Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, Jan 2025

From the library in Grevenmacher, Luxemburg. From Aurica Schoen

Dutch children's book from Georg Hartong

Book tokens from England from Georg Hartong

From Debrah Gai Lewis

From Heather Harrington, May 2022

W. library.pl - a portal of services for libraries, book reviewers and readers in Poland released this series of comical owls. From Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

Italian stationery store with bookmarks on a bookmark. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

Studio Henry from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

Studio Henry from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland

Studio Henry is a Polish manufacturer of stationery products sold in the "Świat Księga" bookstore chain in larger cities in Poland and online. These are scented bookmarks! 14 January 2025

Highsmith makes bookmarks for libraries, from Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, Jan 2025

There are many types of owls as shown by artists and wildlife lovers. Owls are used to celebrate and promote nature.

From Debrah Gai Lewis

From Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, Jan 2025

An artist painted a winking owl; from Aurica Schoen

Cozy owls outdoors from Gintautas Deksnys, Lithuania, Dec 2023

Promotes the Zoological Garden, in Gdańsk Oliwa. The largest garden in Poland; 1 of 3, from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, 14 Jan 2025

Pygmy owl, the smallest owl in Poland. Bookmark published by the Local Activity Center, from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 4 April 2025

Educational bookmark in the Zaborski Landscape Park project from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

Tricity Landscape Park, from Jacek Haluszkiewicz, Poland, 4 April 2025

From a series published by the department of Environment of the Belgian government. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

Educational bookmark from the Człuchów Forest District. It is a small town near Chojnice, from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, Poland, 14 Jan 2025

Woodsy the Owl promotes conservation of natural areas in the USA. From Debrah Gai Lewis

From Heather Harrington, Massachusetts, Jan 2025

Owls of Poland from Jacek Haluszkiewicz, Poland, 4 April 2025

Carl James Freeman's line drawings of wildlife include several species of owls. Usually he includes details about their habitat and habits on the back, but this owl on a fence post at night stands alone. From Laine Farley

Spotted owls have been endangered.

Burrowing owls are fascinating in their habits.

From Debrah Gai Lewis

Sometimes you need to look very closely to spot owls.

from Debrah Gai Lewis

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

From Gaby Dondlinger who received it from Regina Maciulyte

Tyto Alba is the Latin name for barn owl.

From Gaby Dondlinger. Medieval owls are especially good at camouflage!

From Laine Farley

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

From Gaby Dondlinger

Libreria Naturalistica. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

A scowling owl. From Debrah Gai Lewis

Owls in art, whimsical, abstract, eerie...

From Georg Hartong

From Debrah Gai Lewis

From Gaby Dondlinger

From Heather Harrington, May 2022

Two paintings by Wolfgang Grasse from Georg Hartong

Reverse of the Wolfgang Grasse paintings from Georg Hartong

Owls and the moon on Christmas bookmarks from the 1870s; from Laine Farley

These odd images by Louis Prang celebrate the New Year. From Laine Farley

From Laine Farley

A pull tab makes this own flap his wings and close his eyes!

From Debrah Gai Lewis

Showing how the bookmark works. From Debrah Gai Lewis

This bookmark is a lenticular picture. If you tilt the bookmark, the owl flies to the tree. From Aurica Schoen

Owls with a sense of humor can make puns!

Aurica Schoen found this in a bookshop in India.

Owl bookmarks come in many different materials, including the leather Yosemite one above .

From Gaby Dondlinger: paper with metallic gold trim and plastic painted owl.

You may find an owl in a Cracker Jack box! From Laine Farley

A pair of metal owls with cut out details from Aurica Schoen

Silver plated, from 1980s? from Jacek Hałuszkiewicz, 14 Jan 2025

Leather tourist bookmark from Yosemite National Park, California from Georg Hartong

From Gintautas Deksnys, Lithuania, carved wooden owl from the Philippines 28 April 2023

Celluloid owls by Whitehead & Hoag for Maltine; from Laine Farley

Celluloid owls by Whitehead & Hoag for Maltine--reverse; from Laine Farley

Celluloid white owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Crown Pianos; from Laine Farley

Celluloid White owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Crown Pianos-reverse; from Laine Farley

Celluloid reading owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Kulture Shoes; from Laine Farley

Celluloid reading owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Kulture Shoes-reverse; from Laine Farley

Celluloid reading owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Coca-Cola; from Laine Farley

Celluloid reading owl by Whitehead & Hoag for Coca-Cola-reverse; from Laine Farley

Owls from different countries.

Egyptianl owl from Georg Hartong

Greek owls from Debrah Gai Lewis

French tourist bookmark for the chateau des Milandes, where the famous Josephine Baker lived with all her adopted children from Georg Hartong

Owls from Taiwan from Gintautas Deksnys

Back of owls from Taiwan from Gintautas Deksnkys

Reading owls from Turkey from Gintautas Deksnkys

Of course, owls are wise in many ways.

Quote by Kurt Tucholsky, a famous German author: "Readers are lucky, they can choose their authors". From Aurica Schoen

from Debrah Gai Lewis

This wise owl was on a Christmas card in England in 1933. From Laine Farley

Libreria Naturalistica. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

Even owls need to read to remain wise. From Laine Farley

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

from Debrah Gai Lewis

They can be teachers. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

They can also be students. Libreria Naturalistica. From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

From Rita Colognola, Netherlands, Jun 2025

from Debrah Gai Lewis

Owls are wise to keeping healthy. From Debrah Gai Lewis

Not officially a bookmark - an ad from a 1902 directory - but is the right size and shape. From Laine Farley

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