Wee Little Lamb

by Lauren Thompson, John Butler (Illustrator)

Overview

This wee little lamb may be the shyest animal on the farm, but he is also one of the most lovable. Whether he learns it from the hoot of the wise old owl or the song of the jolly red robin, this wee little guy will see that being shy doesn't stop him from meeting a wee little friend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416934691
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	01/27/2009
Series:	Wee Little
Edition description:	Repackage
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lauren Thompson is the author of several picture books, including the popular Mouse’s First series, Little Quack series, and the Wee Little series. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed The Apple Pie That Papa Baked as well as Leap Back Home to Me; Chew, Chew, Gulp!; and Hop, Hop, Jump! She lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, New York.

John Butler has illustrated more than forty books for children, including Little Chick, Little Bunny, A Mama for Owen, and While You Were Sleeping. He has worked for Sesame Street and Time magazine and resides in the United Kingdom.

Editorial Reviews

Oozing verbal and visual glucose on every page, this parent-child episode will draw timorous toddlers like flies to marshmallow creme-just make sure they brush their teeth afterward. "All brand-new," a shy lamb rejects in turn the friendly overtures of a "flouncy pouncy rabbit," a "cheery crickety cricket," a "jolly robin redbreast" and a "swooping old hoot owl." Keeping his illustrations as simple as the text, Butler supplies for all shiny black eyes and, for the sheep, plushy fleeces, and places the creatures in a sunny meadow in which poppies float like little red hearts. A "bitty little mouse peeking round her bitty mama!" finally breaks down the lamb's fear of strangers, and together the two new friends gambol-still "right beside their mamas!" "What fun!" Thompson concludes. Yes, let the wild rumpus start. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews