Illustrations – Pete Oswald
Ma and Pa Sheepy are sleepy. Sleepy Sheepy is not. Of course he’s not!
Don’t Ma and Pa realise that bedtime is the best time to do all of the last minute things, like checking the springiness of the lounge chair, preparing for your next concert and practicing your lasso skills?
Oh, wait. Was that a yawn?
Never mind. It’s time for Sleepy Sheepy’s second wind.
This bedtime story is so relatable. I probably would have viewed this as an instruction manual on the various ways I hadn’t thought of avoiding sleep yet but hopefully your little lamb is more inclined to be ready to count sheep when you tell them it’s time to go to bed.
The illustrations are cute and adult me was as delighted as kid me would have been to discover the sheet of stickers in the back of the book!
I would have loved to have seen the looks on Ma and Pa’s faces when Sleepy Sheepy finally yawned.
Thank you so much to Walker Books for the opportunity to read this picture book.
Once Upon a Blurb
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 New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald and critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins comes a hilarious bedtime read-aloud that will be loved by little lambs everywhere for generations to come.
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