Where is the Green Sheep?
Written by Mem Fox
Illustrated by Judy Horacek
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
ISBN: 978-0152049072
Summary/Back cover:
There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep?
The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story from acclaimed author Mem Fox and popular Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. Complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustrations, this book is sure to delight children of all ages, from the very young to those just beginning to read.
Review:
This book has such a simple text base that it means preschoolers can learn to read it to themselves quite quickly - and it has the mystery of the missing green sheep throughout, which keeps the littlies guessing until the very end.
The entire book is made up of rhyming text such as:
Here is the blue sheep.
And here is the red sheep.
Here is the bath sheep.
And here is the bed sheep.
But where is the green sheep?
The repetitive nature of the text helps preschoolers to know what is coming next and to help read along. My 3 year old enjoys telling me what sort of sheep is coming next by looking at the beautiful cartoon pictures, and my 1 year old enjoys pointing out the sheep on each page (not a hard task, as they're lovely, uncluttered pictures).
This book is definitely a winner here, and I've seen it for sale in our local bookshop with a soft-toy green sheep - that would go down very well, here!
A book worth having on your bookshelf - it comes in both paper-pages and board-book copies, so even your littlest people can read it to themselves.
My rating: 4.3 out of 5
Review written by Bronwyn
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