The Sleep Sheep

by Anna McQuinn, Hannah Shaw (Illustrator)

Sylvie wants to count the sheep so that she can finally fall asleep, but how can she if they won't stay still? Dancing, skating, swimming sheep--it's exhausting keeping up with them!

"You're exasperating, Sylvie," her mother says. "I'm not trying to be exasperating, Mommy," Sylvie replies, "I just can't sleep!" "Why don't you try counting sheep?" her mom suggests. So Sylvie tries. She shuts her eyes and imagines hundreds and hundreds of sheep, all in a row. But no sooner have the sheep lined up than they start to jig! And jog. And rollerblade and scooter and skateboard. Straight to the beach, where they go swimming! After all this activity, the sheep start to nap. At last they're still! Now Sylvie can count "1, 2, 3, Zzzz" The sheep thought she'd never nod off!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Fiction, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

I am so lucky to spend my life working with books and stories. I've run groups for babies, toddlers and their parents in libraries, reading stories and introducing children and carers to great books; I spend time writing and I'm Editor-at-Large for the magnificent independent publisher, AlannaMax in the UK.
In my spare time, I read - what a wonderful life!
There are some Children's Books on my shelves (obviously) but for a more comprehensive selection of children's recommendations, look at Lulu's shelves:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32...

Reviews

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Endearing sheep help Sylvie go to sleep after she's exhausted trying to keep up with them. Nice selection for preschool age storytime...especially if there is a sheep, beach or bedtime theme involved.

[Lisa Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adorable book about a little girl who just cannot get to sleep. Her parents try everything, and finally give up and tell her to count sheep. She has a hard time with this though, because those darn sheep won't hold still long enough for her to count them. Very cute and my kids loved it :).

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is fun and frantic and exactly how my brain works if I try to count sheep! Children will laugh at the sheep hijinks and will, most certainly, learn the word "exasperating." I look forward to doing this with Bookworms.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

2010- Fantasy In this book, Sylvie is having a hard time falling asleep. Her mother suggests that she tries to count sheep. However, the sheep do not seem to want to cooperate with Sylvie and they take her on a good adventure.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

author of Lola at the Library- a favorite!

[Heather Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Completely adorable!! I know the feeling of wanting your children to go to sleep, and this story is right on the money!

[Danica Midlil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yet another illustrator who can't accurately draw knitting.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is wonderful, nice twist on counting sheep book.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Help getting to sleep with sheep can take awhile.

[Niki · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Sleep Sheep is a really cute book which my son Sam enjoyed. It has really fun pictures and is a great bedtime story.

[Nathan Willard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very entertaining story about a girl's adventures with the sheep she is trying to count in an attempt to fall asleep. Including a trip to a beach and sheep on a sailboat.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rambunctious Sylvie has met her match with even more rambunctious sheep. Who will win? What I loved most about this book was the "busyness" on the pages as the sheep got wilder

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a new concept, but very well executed and rather funny.

[Thia]

funny, bedtime, a little long, vocab