There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep?
The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story from acclaimed author Mem Fox and popular Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. Complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustrations, this book is sure to delight children of all ages, from the very young to those just beginning to read.
love this book! This is my current favorite (too bad my son prefers "things that go" but likes this one a lot too). It's a great read with lots of description words.
Love it Our two-year old has fallen in love with this book. We checked out from the library and after renewing it three times bought our own copy. It teaches kids about opposites or things in relation to each other in a really cute way.
Great for Babies Too! My 9 month old may not understand the story or appreciate the language but, boy, do the illustrations keep her glued to every page! Bold black outlines and lots of curly-cues for the sheep's wool. This book has been holding my squirmy one's attention for going on 3 months now. She loves the Near Sheep the best. But that's because she's a baby and likes things near! Thanks to this book, "sheep" may be the first word she'll learn how to read. My only criticism, alas, would be the language. The rhymes are lovely and adults won't get tired of reading them. The thing that worries me (only a little bit) is the way adjectives are made out of words that aren't really adjectives: bath sheep, bed sheep, up sheep, down sheep, far sheep, near sheep, car sheep, train sheep, etc. Okay, these may be neologisms and I'm being too much of a strict grammarian or maybe I'm just reading it incorrectly. Whatever the case, I'm still giving it five stars because it is definitely a hit with this mom and her baby.
It's a day care favorite I operate a home daycare with children in the age range of 1-8 and the younger group 1-4 LOVE this book. The children seem to stay engaged and focus on finding the green sheep. It's great for color recognition.
Easy Read, Possible Boredom This book is certainly an easy enough read for an advanced 3 yr old, but could also be easily boring. Not much excitement or surprise from page to page to keep an active child with a creative imagination occupied for very long.
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