Description
"The repetition and rhyme in brief humorous text admirably suits the board book format." Publishers Weekly"The bright-colored pencil drawings and lean text make this a great choice for preschool storytimes, as well as for beginning readers who want a funny story." School Library Journal Nancyxa0Shaw is the author of seven beloved tales featuring the endearing and comical sheep. Shecame up with the idea for the sheep books during a very long car trip with her husband and two children.xa0She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family. For more information, visithttp://www.nancyshawbooks.com/.xa0Margot Apple is a freelance illustrator, havingxa0illustrated more than fifty books for childrenxa0while also producing illustrations for "Cricket" and "Ladybug" magazines. She now lives in Shelburn Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband and their pets, a dog and a cat.
Features & Highlights
- Beep! Beep! Sheep in a jeep on a hill that’s steep.
- Sheep in a Jeep
- is well loved by the preschool and early-reader sets for its slapstick story of five sheep (in a jeep) and silly sound effects—especially when the jeep goes splash and thud in the mud! Nancy Shaw’s rollicking rhymes are Seuss-snappy, and Margot Apple’s appealing pencil illustrations are expressive and hilarious. This 2010 board book edition, just right for small hands, includes a “Make Your Own Sheep” activity! (Think cotton balls.) Shear delight. Don’t miss Shaw and Apple’s other sheep-heaped titles in board book form:
- Sheep in a Shop
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- Sheep on a Ship
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- Sheep Out to Eat
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- Sheep Trick or Treat
- , and the lap-size board book edition of
- Sheep in a Jeep
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