No Sleep for the Sheep!

One tired sheep wants nothing more than a good night's sleep. All is peaceful until?QUACK! Is that a duck at the barn door? And now a goat? A pig? A cow? A horse? Each new unexpected guest is bigger and louder than the last! How will the sheep ever get this barnyard crowd to quiet down before?COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

About the author

Karen Beaumont is known for her lively and celebratory picture books, including I Like Myself! and the New York Times bestseller I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!, both illustrated by David Catrow, as well as No Sleep for the Sheep!, illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic, and Wild About Us!, illustrated by Janet Stevens. She lives in California. www.karenbeaumont.com.Jackie Urbanovic is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of the Max the Duck series including Duck at the Door, Duck Soup, and Duck and Cover, as well as the illustrator of If You're Hoppy, by April Pulley Sayre. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Summary

One tired sheep wants nothing more than a good night's sleep. All is peaceful until—QUACK! Is that a duck at the barn door? And now a goat? A pig? A cow? A horse? Each new unexpected guest is bigger and louder than the last! How will the sheep ever get this barnyard crowd to quiet down before—COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

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"A terrific read-aloud that will have listeners quacking, mooing, and neighing with Sheep’s friends each time they wake him up…This is sure to be a storytime favorite alongside Audrey Woods’s The Napping House."—School Library Journal, starred review"Beaumont's playful, repetitive text, with its loud animal sounds, will have children chanting along to the beat."—Kirkus Reviews "Together, Urbanovics comical watercolor illustrations and Beaumonts repetitive rhyming text manage to be both lively and soothingthe perfect combination to help energetic little ones blow off steam and settle down at bedtime."—The Horn Book

Product details

• Authors: Karen Beaumont
• Assisted by: Jackie Urbanovic (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2016
• EAN: 9780544668348
• ISBN: 978-0-544-66834-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 279 mm x 241 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 172 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION: Bedtime & Dreams, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Birds, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Farm Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Jungle Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Marine Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Country Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Nocturnal