Sleepy Sheepy
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Sour Grape, comes a rhyming bedtime tale featuring brand new picture book character Sleepy Sheepy, a sheep who is definitely NOT sleepy!
Sleepy Sheepy was not sleepy
But it was time for bed
(At least, that's what the clock said.)
But Sleepy Sheepy would not sleepy.
He was wired. And absolutely not tired!
In fact, he was WIDE-AWAKE.
Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is NOT sleepy. He'd much rather build with blocks or knit socks than go to sleep. Will Ma and Pa Sheepy ever get their sheepy to go to sleepy?
From acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Smart Cookie, The Sour Grape), Sleepy Sheepy is a hilarious bedtime read-aloud that will appeal to little lambs everywhere.
Praise for Sleepy Sheepy:
"Caregivers will enjoy making this a bedtime read, and librarians will turn to this often for pajama storytimes. An entertaining tale sure to resonate with those on either side of the bedtime battle."—Kirkus reviews
"This could easily end up a story hour favorite and an often checked-out new bedtime classic for not-so-tired kids and their very tired parents; this will especially work a spell on preschoolers." —School Library Journal
"Sleepy Sheepy, rendered by Oswald in fluffy, cloud-like textures, insists he's anything but sleepy . . .even the most bedtime-resistant readers will respect his exhausted capitulation.” —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
His eyelids are already below half-mast, and his weary parents—each of whom totes a wide-eyed infant lamb in a front-facing carrier—insist that it's bedtime. But Sleepy Sheepy, rendered by Oswald (the Food Group series) in fluffy, cloud-like textures, insists he's anything but sleepy: "He was WIRED and absolutely NOT TIRED!" To prove his point, he bounces through the cool-toned vignettes performing karaoke, wolfing down cookies and milk, skateboarding, and building with blocks. If his determined but unfailingly patient parents didn't occasionally take him firmly in hand, he would almost seem to defy gravity. But readers will discern that Sleepy Sheepy's actions are more kicky than joyful; eventually, he lets out a big yawn, and soon, Cummins (Rock That Vote) writes, "His eyelids drooped. His shoulders stooped. His brain was pooped." Finally snuggled under his covers as a starry sky glows outside his window, he looks truly contented for the first time since the book's beginning, and even the most bedtime-resistant readers will respect his exhausted capitulation. Ages 3–7. Author's agent; Emily van Beek, Folio Jr./Folio Literary. Illustrator's agent: Kirsten Hall, Catbird Productions.
