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4th out of 115 books
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63 voters
Where is the Green Sheep?
by
Mem Fox,
Judy Horacek
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
...morePaperback, 32 pages
Published
August 4th 2005
by Chrysalis Children's Books
(first published 2004)
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This is a terrific book, which introduces the reader to different colored sheep involved in different catchy activities.
Every couple pages after observing the other sheep we are asked, "But where is the green sheep?" It isn't until the end of the book that we find "There she is... she's fast asleep."
With lovely rhymes and lovely images, this one is guaranteed to put you and baby into a peaceful, and hopefully nap-ready mood. Definitely worth owning.
Every couple pages after observing the other sheep we are asked, "But where is the green sheep?" It isn't until the end of the book that we find "There she is... she's fast asleep."
With lovely rhymes and lovely images, this one is guaranteed to put you and baby into a peaceful, and hopefully nap-ready mood. Definitely worth owning.
Jake's Review: Mom says she used to read this to me all the time as a kid, but I don't really remember. The pictures are really bright and funny and I like the rhyme. This is one that I think Jesse will like because it is simple to read and he's not really good at reading.
Jake's Rating: 8/10
Mom's Review: My buddy Carianne lent this one to me a long time ago because the night she babysat Jake, he made her read it over and over and over again. He loved it so much that I had to go out and buy my ow...more
Jake's Rating: 8/10
Mom's Review: My buddy Carianne lent this one to me a long time ago because the night she babysat Jake, he made her read it over and over and over again. He loved it so much that I had to go out and buy my ow...more
Title: Where Is the Green Sheep?
Author: Mem Fox, Judy, Horacek
Genre: Concept
Summary: In a search for the green sheep, a variety of concepts are presented.
A. Focus is on the illustrations in this story.
B. The story is unique in the large number of concepts presented in one book. The concepts are nicely illustrated in a simple but amusing manner that children will find appealing. For example, after introducing the colors blue and red, the concept of thin and wide is humorously illustrated (pg 10)...more
Author: Mem Fox, Judy, Horacek
Genre: Concept
Summary: In a search for the green sheep, a variety of concepts are presented.
A. Focus is on the illustrations in this story.
B. The story is unique in the large number of concepts presented in one book. The concepts are nicely illustrated in a simple but amusing manner that children will find appealing. For example, after introducing the colors blue and red, the concept of thin and wide is humorously illustrated (pg 10)...more
I started reading this story to my five year old nephew. By the third page he was reading to me with a little help. Ethan enjoyed sounding out “band” and realized that “and” was hidden inside. He also saw “in” inside of “thin”. However, he pronounced “the” as /da/. I said /th/ several times and asked him to look at me. I said “see my tongue is under my top teeth. You try.” But he didn’t. He thought it too funny to try. There are several concepts in this book. I especially like the way that “near...more
This colorful book is jam-packed full of sheep. It’s easy to find the red sheep, the clown sheep, the up sheep and the down sheep, but where’s the green sheep? Turn the pages to see the sun sheep and the rain sheep, the scared sheep and the brave sheep, but what about that green sheep? There's the green sheep. Fast asleep on the last page!
The simple rhyming text, using a vocabulary of colors and opposites, makes this a great book to read to toddlers and preschoolers. The book is structured to re...more
The simple rhyming text, using a vocabulary of colors and opposites, makes this a great book to read to toddlers and preschoolers. The book is structured to re...more
This book was the highlight of story time! In simple rhyming text the reader is introduced to all sorts of wonderful sheep, but not the green sheep. The question "but where is the green sheep?" appears every few pages. The kids gathered around this book and identified all the sheep (the slide sheep, coming down a playground slide on skis was a special favorite) and would join in asking "but where is the green sheep?" Even the youngest member of my audience (14 months or so) happily talked about...more
Since my two-year-old son obtained his first library card recently, we've been eagerly embarking on weekly visits and barrowing toddler books by the truck-loads. As a mother of a child at the height of his ABC's, 123's and colors regiment, I'm constantly on the hunt to find the most effective educational books to facilitate my son's learning.
Where is the Green Sheep is simple, effective and fun. My son loves the book. The illustrations are delightful as well. As any parent knows of a toddler's...more
This book is a great read for a young kid, at least the first few times through (until they learn the ending). The first time through, my son was actually flipping through pages trying to find the green sheep and throwing up his hands when the sheep couldn't be found. The various sheep include props that allow the young listener to draw connections with the real world (for my son, the bath, the kite, the tuba, and the tropical drink). It is a bit long for kids with short attention spans (I'd say...more
I absolutely love this book, because of all the different purposes it serves. Besides the amazing pictures and cute rhymes, the book really helps children learn how to identify colors and other adjectives. We are trying to find the green sheep, but we see a red sheep, a wet sheep, a wave sheep, and a bath sheep. I love that the story also can be read with a big book, which is what first caught my eye.
Extension- Nothing is better than a good old game of I SPY. Instead of just using colors, use ad...more
Extension- Nothing is better than a good old game of I SPY. Instead of just using colors, use ad...more
Well, I have mixed feelings about the book. It uses a simplified conceptual structure to describe the different sheep in the book. Maybe this is simpler for kids this age. From what I know of language acquisition, though, kids learn language and grammar through structural priming, and this book is basically priming kids with fake grammar structures. Phrases that turns nouns into adjectives like "the bath sheep", "the swing sheep", "the clown sheep" are just not real actual usages in English.
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Nov 28, 2011
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
beginning readers and parents reading with them
This is a fun book about sheep, with a rhyming narrative that follows an ABCB pattern with the next to the last word (before sheep). Although the word sheep is repeated far more than I would care to read aloud, our oldest read it to us with a flair that showed how much she liked the rhythm and rhyme. It was far too easy and babyish for our girls, but they still liked it anyway. It had a bit of a Dr. Seuss style to the narrative and the illustrations were simple, cute and colorful.
This is a cute book that uses opposites and related words to describe different kinds of sheep ("This is the up sheep, this is the down sheep," "This is the think sheep, this is the wide sheep"), all the while asking "Where is the green sheep?" I thought there were maybe one or two too many sheep featured here. I'm always thinking ahead to when I'll be reading to an interrupting kiddo and I'm pretty sure I want my bedtime books short and sweet. But this was a good find and seemed to intrigue my...more
Where Is the Green Sheep? is picture book by Australian author Mem Fox. The last book of hers I read was Possum Magic when I was a new Mom and a new member of BookCrossing. It was part of a bookring. In the years between I'd pretty much forgotten about her books until a number of random sources recommended Where is the Green Sheep? to me and my children.
On numerous recommendations I checked out a copy of Where is the Green Sheep? from our library. Sean read it to himself and I read it to Harriet...more
On numerous recommendations I checked out a copy of Where is the Green Sheep? from our library. Sean read it to himself and I read it to Harriet...more
Love this book! Children will be filled with anticipation, a great book to introduce children to rhymes and fun repetition. Children are taught concepts such as up and down, brave and scared, as well as colors, shapes, opposites and comparisons.
Learning Extension
In a large group have a discussion about the book, encourage the children to ask question and comment. Then have the children create their own " Where is the Sheep" and talk about where their sheep is and what they are doing.
Learning Extension
In a large group have a discussion about the book, encourage the children to ask question and comment. Then have the children create their own " Where is the Sheep" and talk about where their sheep is and what they are doing.
Mar 09, 2012
Darshana Khiani (Flowering Minds)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
perfect-picture-book-friday,
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This a sweet, simple, colorful book perfect for pre-schoolers. In the beginning I had my doubts of the moon sheep and the bed sheep, since it isn’t grammatically correct. But after seeing my four-year old fall in love with the book, and read it to herself (more like recite from memory) any concern I had faded away. Each page just has a short line with a complementary picture, this works great for kids taking that first step into reading. After every four sentences the question “where is the gree...more
This is a very fun read-aloud book! Great rhythmic patterns and fun story lines. I enjoyed reading this to the children at the day care where I work. They all were trying to guess the next sheep and very interested in the colors and what those silly sheep were doing at the circus! This book allows children to feel accomplished when they figure out what the next sheep is going to be doing. A very cute, brightly colored, and fantastic concept picture book.
Mem Fox has written some of my very favorite childrens books and Where Is The Green Sheep will be added to the list, but not for the same reasons. Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge was ans still is my favorite childrens book of all time. The concept so simple that it made me wonder why I hadn't thought of it before. Where Is The Green Sheep is more interactive asking the question Where Is The Green Sheep every other page or so. This way the youngest of children can participate with the reading o...more
Dec 10, 2007
Snowman
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who want to be happy
Shelves:
happy-books
I learned that the green sheep is really awesome! Who doesn't like a little sheep that's so cute, cute, cute! It's so good I can recite it almost by memory. Let me see...
Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep.
Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep.
But where is the green sheep?
Here is the thin sheep, and here is the wide sheep.
Here is the swing sheep, and here is the slide sheep.
But where is the green sheep?
Here is the up sheep, and here is the down sheep.
Here is the band sh...more
Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep.
Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep.
But where is the green sheep?
Here is the thin sheep, and here is the wide sheep.
Here is the swing sheep, and here is the slide sheep.
But where is the green sheep?
Here is the up sheep, and here is the down sheep.
Here is the band sh...more
This is a fine book, and the pictures are fun. The Spanish translation seems to have missed the point ("This is the wind sheep", "This is the up sheep", "This is the car sheep", etc aren't really grammatically correct in English. You don't have to translate it into, "This is the sheep that plays with the wind", "This is the sheep that is high", and "This is the sheep that works with cars", etc), but overall, the book is good.
This is such a cute book! It is perfect for 2-3 year olds. Not only does the simple rhyming text appeal to this age, it also teaches them. They learn near/far, up/down, some colors, and more. My class loves to find things in books, and I think this sort of "where is the green sheep?" format will really appeal to them. I very much like that it will also allow us to discuss some opposites, colors, counting, and more.
This is a wonderful book. It has really good pictures and shows great imagination. Kids can learn a lot about colors and plenty more. It's also a good book to get kids to interact with it. They love trying to figure out where the green sheep is.
Activity Extension: Get an assortment of small animals and hide them around your classroom. Give the children a certain amount of time then see who found the most animals.
Activity Extension: Get an assortment of small animals and hide them around your classroom. Give the children a certain amount of time then see who found the most animals.
When I first read this I wasn't impressed by its extreme simplicity.
However, ours came with a green sheep plush doll and the little one would ask to have the book read and then try to 'find' the stuffed green sheep - needless to say this has become the most requested book so for that reason I have given it 4 stars. Having the accompanying green sheep doll turns this book into a fun game.
However, ours came with a green sheep plush doll and the little one would ask to have the book read and then try to 'find' the stuffed green sheep - needless to say this has become the most requested book so for that reason I have given it 4 stars. Having the accompanying green sheep doll turns this book into a fun game.
I seriously know this book off by heart, my beautiful daughter, who also happens to have autism, is a stickler for routine and we read this book every night before bed. It has helped her to learn opposites and colors and was one of the first books that she was ever interested in actually hearing me read (as opposed to just turning the pages and pointing to the pictures). Thank you Mem Fox!
This is sure to become a classic for children, if it isn't already. It's rollicking and fun, and silly and carefree. It teaches colours and opposites, within a great framework of rhythm, rhyme and repetition that Mem Fox and many other early literacy experts recommend for young children. My son lived this immediately and has remained devoted to it. A must-have for any home library.
My 10 month old loves this book. She anxiously flips the pages as I read looking for the green sheep. I always point out different things in the pictures while I read, but when this book asks "where's the green sheep?", it's just a blank page so I flip my hand over as if asking a question. My daughter now copies that gesture anytime she hears the word "where"!
Perfect for preschool storytime. Possible themes: green, farm animals, silly stories, stories with questions. This is one of the few " big books" I use, and the larger pictures are worth it, if reading to a large group. Standard version works well too. This book is great for participation. In my "top ten" for preschool storytimes.
I use this book as a focus on repetitive reading. After the story line "Where is the green sheep?" we incorporate a story line for the children to repeat, "I don't know." The book is also a good use for teaching opposites with illustrations that feature the sheep and catchy lines. EX. Here is the wide sheep and here is the thin sheep.
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A stunning read which keeps you on your toes till the very end. Just where is that green sheep? I'm pretty sure the sheep must be kiwi since they partake in pretty much every adventure sport known to man so I'm guess they spent a bit of time in Queenstown.
Luckily in the end we find the green sheep just taking a nap.
Luckily in the end we find the green sheep just taking a nap.
Where is the Green Sheep? is a delightful book by Mem Fox for very young children to learn colors. Rather than just having one color follow another, Mem Fox uses poetry to take kids to a variety of places with Judy Horacek's wonderfully colorful illustrations. The board book is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Mem Fox was born in Australia, grew up in Africa, studied drama in England, and returned to Adelaide, Australia in 1970, where she has lived with her husband, Malcolm, and daughter Chloë, happily ever after.
Mem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the best selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in th...more
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Mem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the best selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in th...more
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