And Then Another Sheep Turned Up

by Laura Gehl, Book Buddy Digital Media (Read by)

Overview

Mama set another place.
Papa found an extra seat.
Hannah squeezed to make more space,
Thrilled to have a guest to greet.

Uh-oh! As the sheep family Passover seder begins, more and more guests show up!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512498943
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of more than three dozen picture books, board books, and early readers including Who Is a Scientist?, I Got a Chicken for My Birthday, Dibs!, and Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways to Save our Planet. A former science teacher with a PhD in neuroscience, Laura lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and four children.

Editorial Reviews

"This lovely story is told with great humor. Repetition of certain phrases will delight young readers, as will the fact that this story is told in rhyme. The protagonists - the family and their guests - are all sheep, which will also hold the attention of the youngest listeners." — Jewish Book World

From the Publisher

2015-01-20
Preparation and plans for a small family Seder are altered when the Sheep family of four is continually interrupted by unexpected guests who successively show up throughout the evening. Papa, Mama, Hannah and Noah Sheep have just sat down when Grandma Sheep hurries through the door with macaroons and wine. As the first cup of wine is poured, karpas (parsley) is passed out, and as each remaining portion of the ceremony proceeds, another sheep comes to the door with either an excuse or a gift. Kids will stay engaged with this rhyming, cumulative tale and its refrain: "Mama set another place. / Papa found an extra seat. / Hannah squeezed to make more space, / thrilled to have a guest to greet." They will sympathize as Noah's yawns grow increasingly larger and quickly join in with the repeated punch line, "And then another sheep turned up!" The illustrations establish the friendly, good-natured mood enjoyed by these curly-topped, round-eyed ovines, dressed in holiday garb and sitting around a nicely set Passover table. By the time Elijah's cup is filled and the door is opened to welcome him, all the sheep have finally arrived, the youngest has fallen asleep, and the singing of songs concludes the evening's festive dinner. An amusing and appealing way to enlist little ones in the holiday's rituals. (Picture book/religion. 3-6)

Kirkus Review