Sheep in a Jeep

by Nancy E. Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator)

Overview

A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395470305
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/24/1988
Series:	Sheep in a Jeep
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	220L (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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"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

Editorial Reviews

"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 —

From the Publisher

Using very few words (sheep, jeep, thud, mud, heap, cheap), a tableau unfolds in which five silly yet distinctive sheep futilely attempt to ride in their jeep. Amusing details-such as the tattoos on the pigs' arms-abound in the pictures. Apple's expressive illustrations and Shaw's minimal text make this an extremely clever read-aloud.

Barnes & Noble Staff

``Beep! Beep! Sheep in a jeep/on a hill that's/steep./Uh-oh!/The jeep won't go,'' is a fragment of Shaw's jaunty verse, heartily dramatized by Apple's colored drawings. Ages 2-5. (Oct.)

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