The rooster is already fast asleep.
Sam the farm dog is very tired, too - he's been herding sheep all day...
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Down on the farm, it’s time to sleep. So sheepdog, Sam, rounds up the sheep…
Everyone knows that counting sheep will send you straight to sleep but what happens when the sheep won’t go to sleep? And what if they don’t know how to count, either?! Sheepdog, Sam, is on the case and he tries everything he can to lull them off to dreamland. But, before long, the whole farm is awake and noisier than ever...
An alternative bedtime story full of farmyard sounds and counting chaos sure to make little ones laugh and parents sigh in sympathy.
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This is such a delightful picture book, and even though I was reading it by myself and not sharing it with a child it made me laugh out loud.
Each page is covered with charming illustrations through which we can observe Sam the dog getting more tired with each page that is turned. The idea of him teaching the sheep to count sheep in order to get to sleep is comical.
As the book progresses it is not just the sheep who are awake but the whole farmyard. Sam patiently attempts to get them all to sleep whilst fighting off his own tiredness. Most adults will be able to identify with Sam's tiredness.
In addition to the text and beautiful illustrations, each page has a speech bubble with noises of the various farm animals.
This is such a pleasing, humourous and entertaining book that will be wonderful to share with little ones. It would be perfect for the pre school and infant school setting as it supports the learning of how to count.
A wonderful book which I highly recommend.
ISBN: 978 1406384918
Publisher: Walker Books
Formats: Paperback
No. of Pages: 32
About the Author:
Michelle has written over 50 books so far and just keeps going. She loves to perform her stories, sometimes dressed as her characters. In 2020 she won the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards alongside David Walliams.
She spends her time either writing, editing, making videos, daydreaming, cooking, cleaning the house, going for a walk or having a video call with someone cool. That cool person might be one of her famous author or illustrator friends,
She has dreamed of being an author since she was five. Before she learned to write, she'd fill whole notepads with squiggly lines that looked a bit like joined-up writing. She grew up in a working class household and was the first person in her whole family to go to university. It wasn't easy. She had to work a part-time job as well as studying, but she didn't mind.
When she finished university she started working in advertising agencies as a copywriter. She started writing stories in her spare time, early in the morning and late at night. Her first real book came out in 2012. She couldn't quite believe it. Fifty-something books later, she still can't quite believe it - and she is still working all the hours she can, in between being mum and all that other grown-up stuff.
About the Illustrator:
Nikki Dyson is the bestselling illustrator of Oscar the Hungry Unicorn, Oscar the Hungry Unicorn Eats Christmas and You’re Called What?! Her other books include Dinosaurs Don’t Have Bedtimes, Zippo the Super Hippo and Mack and the Missing Cheese. She lives in Northamptonshire. Find Nikki online at nikkidysonillustration.co.uk and on Twitter @DoodleDyson.
(book courtesy of Walker Books)
(author media courtesy of her website)
(illustrator media courtesy of Hachette Publishing)
(all opinions are my own)
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