Story is about sheep who see a spacecraft crash and they hop aboard and fly it to space. the book is about sheep who stumble upon a spacecraft and somehow they all know how to fly it up to space but have a problem and start to crash but aliens help them out and fly them safely back home. Characters don’t change in any way throughout the book but just go through an adventure, receive a problem, then solve the problem but with assistance for extraterrestrial friends. The illustrations were very detailed since the text was so basic. The pictures showed the beginning scene with the sheep watching the crash then walking over to the spacecraft. It also shows them flying up in space and almost crashing until the aliens come to the rescue. Shaw, N., & Apple, M. (2008). Sheep blast off! Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Michigan author Nancy Shaw has been writing 'the sheep books' since 1986 when "Sheep in a Jeep" debuted. Book seven in the series takes the sheep into outerspace. A spaceship lands nearby and the loveably goofy sheep end up blasting off. This latest book is a fun romp with Shaw's hillarious illustrations that hold a story of their own. The sheep books are written so that they are easy for beginning readers, making use of a large font, rhyming text and simple words. Check them all out!
What do You think about Sheep Blast Off! (2008)?
Another great read from Shaw's sheep series. This one is chock full of rhymes and alliteration.
—Tori
