Sheep Take a Hike

by Nancy E. Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator)

Overview

Kids will be laughing at the hiking antics in this installment of the Sheep in a Jeep series. 

That fun flock is raring for a rugged hiking adventure. Rapid rhythm, rhyme, and colorful illustrations make this a perfect introduction to poetry.

A perfect book that will have your child hoping for their own hiking adventure. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395816585
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/26/1996
Series:	Sheep in a Jeep
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	327,008
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.14(d)
Lexile:	330L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Nancy Shaw is the author of eight beloved tales featuring the endearing and comical sheep. She came up with the idea for the sheep books during a very long car trip with her husband and two children. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family.

Margot Apple is a freelance illustrator, having illustrated more than fifty books for children while also producing illustrations for "Cricket" and "Ladybug" magazines. She now lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband and their pets, a dog and a cat.

Editorial Reviews

"Fans of Shaw's silly sheep will flock to this . . . woolly adventure. . . . A rambunctious outing with riotous results." School Library Journal, Starred —

From the Publisher

This adventure lacks the comic fullness of the best of Shaw and Apple's work, said PW, but the light verse "is as snappy as ever" and the sheep's facial expressions remain "delightfully emotive." Ages 2-6. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-Gr 2-Fans of Shaw's silly sheep will flock to this, their fifth woolly adventure. When Sheep Take a Hike, these intrepid explorers lose their way and wander through underbrush, fog, and a swamp. Cleverly, they keep their cool and follow the ``woolly fuzz they left behind'' to get back on the trail. Using her familiar short rhymes and rollicking rhythm, the author has written another surefire favorite for preschool story times and beginning readers. Apple's colored-pencil drawings add just the right balance between the seriousness, confusion, and humor the sheep experience. A rambunctious outing with riotous results.-Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID

School Library Journal