Watch: ‘Eva the Owlet’ Warms Up for S2 with Apple Holiday Special

Today, Apple TV+ announced a second season for the animated kids and family series Eva the Owlet, based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series Owl Diaries by award-winning author Rebecca Elliott, to premiere on Friday, January 24, 2025. Additionally, the streamer unveiled a first-look clip from the all-new holiday special “Eva’s Moon Wish,” debuting on Friday, December 13, 2024.

The series stars Eva, a creative, cheeky owlet who lives next door to her best friend Lucy in the woodland world of Treetopington. With big ideas and an even bigger personality, Eva goes on high-flying adventures, expressing herself in her diary along the way! Season two takes viewers through a night in the life of Eva, a spunky and enthusiastic owlet who dreams big. Whether she’s planning a backyard campout with her friends or saving the town’s Spring Acorn Roll from hungry squirrels, Eva tackles her goals with conviction and flair, expressing herself in her journal along the way.

In the upcoming holiday special “Eva’s Moon Wish,” as Treetopington celebrates a special holiday, Eva helps a lost oriole look for his family — and learns the true meaning of community.

Produced by award-winning Scholastic Entertainment (Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goosebumps, The Magic School Bus) with production services and 4K animation by Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated studio Brown Bag Films (Doc McStuffins, Vampirina, Octonauts), Eva the Owlet also features original songs by critically acclaimed musician and singer-songwriter Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums.

Series voice talent includes Vivienne Rutherford (Eureka!, 911: Lone Star) as Eva, Jessica DiCicco (The Loud House, Puppy Dog Pals) as Eva’s mom, Dino Andrade (Loud House, We Baby Bears) as Eva’s dad, as well as Romy Fay (Best Foot Forward), Sascha Yurchak, Jon Olson (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu), Evie Hsu (Team Mekbots), Sarah Vattano (The Uglies, Rise Up, Sing Out), Pressly James Crosby (General Hospital) and Kenna Ramsey (Rent).

Eva the Owlet is executive produced by Scholastic Entertainment’s Peabody and Daytime Emmy Award-winning team including Iole Lucchese (Clifford the Big Red Dog), Caitlin Friedman (Stillwater) and Jef Kaminsky (Signs of Survival). Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O’Connell of Brown Bag Films also serve as executive producers. Daytime Emmy nominees Annabeth Bondor-Stone & Connor White (Helpsters), who developed the series for television, serve as co-executive producers, and Daytime Emmy nominee Damien O’Connor (Angela’s Christmas, Angela’s Christmas 2) serves as supervising director.

The late Dr. John F. Evans, a writing clinician, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach at Duke Integrative Medicine, and the Founder and Executive Director of Wellness & Writing Connections, LLC served as the expressive writing expert on the series through Apple TV+’s changemakers initiative. The series was one of the last significant projects he worked on, hoping to inspire young viewers to write, to find their voices, and to believe in themselves.

Since first being published, Owl Diaries now has eight foreign language translations and 12 million copies in print.