There are few things more annoying than being woken unexpectedly from sleep. Possibly, the only thing worse would be to be woken repeatedly from sleep. In this hilarious but predictable picture book written in rhyming text, a sheep settles down to rest, but his rest is interrupted, by turns, by a duck, a goat, a pig, a cow, and a horse. Each time he hushes them and falls asleep after there is quiet. When morning comes all too soon, the shrill call of a rooster awakens everyone sleeping in the barn except for the sheep who dozes on, exhausted from his busy night playing host to all the animals. The watercolor with brown pencil outlined illustrations show the poor sheep's growing frustration as he is determined to get some rest. The pictures showing the animals heaped together as they sleep will bring a smile to readers' faces. Because of all the animal sounds such as "Oink!" (unpaginated) and "Neighhh!" (unpaginated), this one is especially fun to read aloud. I absolutely loved this book! The illustrations through out the whole book are really good! Best of all is the look in the sheep's face every time he is telling another animal to go back to sleep. I also really liked how the whole booked rhymes. Its a good book to tell at bedtime. As the sheep continues to get woke up, he brings all the animals in with him to sleep until the end when the "Cock-a-doodle-doo!!" when the sheep finally just sleep right through it. Great book! Loved it!
What do You think about No Sleep For The Sheep! (2011)?
I feel like this throughout the night....seems like someone is always waking me up!
—jeri
The sheep can't sleep because of the other noisy animals. Great for shared reading.
—nena
