Sheep 101

by Richard T. Morris, LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)

Overview

A time-honored bedtime ritual gets a new twist in this rollicking mash-up of counting sheep and nursery rhyme characters.

One night, a boy counts sheep as he tries to fall asleep.

Crash!

Sheep 101 is stuck in the fence. Will he ever get out and get the little boy to sleep's Meet Sheep 101 and his colorful cast of characters, like Humpty Dumpty, Blind Mouse, Little Piggy, and more!

From Richard T. Morris, author of This Is a Moose, and beloved illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a hilarious story with vibrant illustrations full of late-night hijinks that will spark every child's imagination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316213592
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	03/13/2018
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	918,377
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Richard T. Morris is the author of This Is a Moose and Bye-Bye, Baby! and a former E.B. White Award Honoree and Midwest Bookseller Choice Award winner. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham has created over ninety books for children, including The Princess in Black series with Shannon and Dean Hale, Freckleface Strawberry with Julianne Moore, and her own The Bear Who Wasn't There.

Editorial Reviews

12/11/2017
This isn’t an introductory course in animal husbandry, but rather a clever spin on the soporific mental exercise of counting sheep. A tucked-in, wide-awake boy is seen on the opening endpapers; he serves as an unseen narrator and sheep counter, and sharp-eyed readers will note that the other characters are items found in his bedroom. Morris (This Is a Moose) and Pham (Fallingwater) basically bypass the first 100 sheep, but chaos ensues when the 101st sheep gets stuck in the fence. “Do you see that we have a sheep down?” barks the take-charge Sheep 102 to the narrator. Since sheep are apparently in limited supply, nursery rhyme characters arrive as backup (“I usually jump over the moon, so this fence thing should be a breeze,” says a confident cow), and sleep is finally achieved after Sheep 102 summons a toy helicopter full of Lego-style figurines. Sure, it may be a bit too boisterous for bedtime reading, but it’s practically guaranteed that readers will go giggling into that good night. Ages 4–8. Author’s agent: Alice Tasman, Jean V. Naggar Literary. Illustrator’s agent: Linda Pratt, Wernick & Pratt. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Sheep 101:A B&N Kids Blog Best Picture Book of the Month

"This hilarious mishmash of cuddly sheep and fairy tale characters will have your little one giggling all the way to sleep."—B&N Kids Blog

"This is an exciting read-aloud, and little listeners will not be disappointed as the story resolves-eventually-with sleep."—BookPage

* "Cheeky characters, onomatopoeia, and plenty of goofy action will keep the pages turning and force rereads."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"It's practically guaranteed that readers will go giggling into that good night."—Publishers Weekly

"Morris' over-the-top humor will delight imaginative kiddos."—Booklist

From the Publisher

★ 2017-12-03
Counting sheep has never been such a cooperative effort!A little black child lies in bed on the endpapers staring at a sheep-shaped clock. A puffy, stuffed sheep rests at the end of the bed. The child is counting sheep. As the book begins, Sheep 99 and Sheep 100 sail over the fence, but Sheep 101 (the stuffed toy) becomes stuck midjump. Sheep 102 tries to help, but the child narrator tells it sheep aren't supposed to talk. As Sheep 101 continues to struggle, along comes a cow (the one that jumped over the moon); she says they're out of sheep and she's Sheep 103. The fifth little piggy is Sheep 104. One of the three blind mice is Sheep 105. Sheep 102 returns and calls in Sandman, a Lego rescue copter…only to find that Sheep 101 (and the child) are fast asleep. Morris' charmer of a bedtime tale is told mostly in speech balloons with occasional text interjection from the counting child, who is depicted only on the endpapers. Pham's digitally finished crayon-and-pencil cartoon illustrations, all full-bleed, are full of foolish-looking farm animals who routinely break the fourth wall and address the counting child (and the audience). Cheeky characters, onomatopoeia, and plenty of goofy action will keep the pages turning and force rereads.This may not send wee ones to the Land of Nod, but it will spark their imaginations and tickle their funny bones. (Picture book. 2-7)

Kirkus Reviews