#blogbookaday: Sheep 101

Summary:  “A time-honored bedtime ritual gets a new twist in this rollicking mash-up of counting sheep and nursery rhyme characters.

One night, a boy counts sheep as he tries to fall asleep.99. 100. 101….Crash!
Sheep 101 is stuck in the fence. Will he ever get out and get the little boy to sleep? Meet Sheep 101 and his colorful cast of characters, like Humpty Dumpty, Blind Mouse, Little Piggy, and more!

From Richard T. Morris, author of This Is a Moose, and beloved illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a hilarious story with vibrant illustrations full of late-night hijinks that will spark every child’s imagination.” (Taken from Goodreads)

Review: A little boy is counting sheep to fall asleep, but an unfortunate accident causes a HUGE mix-up and the little boy finds a cast of characters that usually aren’t in the line up to be counted – Humpty Dumpty, one of the Blind Mice, and the Littlest Piggy! And for the “transportation-loving” reader, you get a helicopter rescue!

Personal Reaction: This story was so cute! I honestly don’t know if kids are familiar with counting sheep as a way to fall asleep, but it’s just so darn funny and the cast of characters should be familiar to kids if they’re heard nursery rhymes before!

Title: Sheep 101
Author: Richard T. Morris
Illustrator: LeUyen Pham
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: March 13, 2018

This is a new idea I’m trying on my blog this year that was inspired by @donalynbooks and @heisereads – to provide a brief review of a picture book every day of 2018. You’ll get a brief summary of the story, a review of the content, illustrations and theme, my personal reaction to the book and all the pertinent publication information! Enjoy!