The Owl on the Corner book series involve a fictitious character bird that observes the world from various perches and vantage points, then embarks on journeys of imagination and discovery to tell the stories in a way that is fun and insightful to young readers and adults alike.

In this book, The Gift, the central character (the owl) is introduced and shaped through a friendship with a young man named Joey. This encounter changed the life course of the owl and leads it on a quest to discover what it uncovered from this friendship.