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Synopsis
By New York Times #1 best-selling author, Laura Numeroff and award-winning illustrator, David McPhail!
When you can’t fall asleep
Then try counting sheep!
But what do you do if the sheep are already asleep? New York Times best-selling author Laura Numeroff, has crafted the perfect lullaby in which a small child imagines she encounters many cuddly animal families, only to find that they, too, are snuggled fast asleep! Lovely, soothing watercolors by award-winning and critically acclaimed illustrator David McPhail capture the dreaminess of bedtime.
Laura Numeroff and David McPhail, two icons in the world of children’s books, make an invincible team with their first collaboration, When Sheep Sleep. Children will reach for this new classic again and again as the warm, gentle illustrations and calming rhyme lull them to sleep.
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About the Author
Laura Numeroff is the author of the best-selling If You Give A . . . series which has cumulatively sold over 8 million copies. She’s also the author of the What Mommies Do Best/What Daddys Do Best series. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
David McPhail has illustrated more than 100 books for children, and has received numerous state awards and honors. Some of his best-selling titles are I Love You Because You’re You and If You Were My Bunny. He lives in Rye, New Hampshire.
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"When you can't fall asleep, / Then try counting sheep!" But "What do you do when the sheep are asleep?" Count other animals? As a little girl lying awake in bed discovers, cows, pigs, bears, rabbits, and all the other animals are snoozing, too. But visiting so many animals in their habitats, from barnyard to living room, tuckers her out enough to put her to sleep at last. Rhyming text, expressive watercolor art in McPhail's signature style, and familiar animals combine in this charming bedtime story. Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 1985, others) incorporates simple, descriptive vocabulary evoking comforting images: deer "nuzzled" together; puppies "cozy and cuddled"; cats "purring softly and snuggled." The warm, textured illustrations in muted tones are enchanting accompaniments, filling the pages with sleeping animals that reinforce the dreamy journey of imagination. From the beginning scene showing the girl in bed surrounded by toy animals, to the end, as the animals, now full size, keep watch on the sleeping child, this book is a delight. Shelle Rosenfeld
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- PublisherHarry N. Abrams
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0545035945
- ISBN 13 9780545035941
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages24
- IllustratorMcPhail David
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