Hide 'n' Sheep

by Jennifer Sattler, Benson Shum (Illustrator)

Overview

In this charming follow-up to Go to Sheep, a sheep is ready to play a game of hide and seek, so count to ten and see if you can find him!

The star of Go to Sheep is back in this playful board book, but this time he’s not going to sleep, he’s playing a game of “Hide ’n’ Sheep!” Join the fun as the sheep tries to convince us that he’s all the other animals on the farm—from pigs to chicks!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10…ready or not, here we come!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534403987
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	45 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Sattler is the award-winning author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Sylvie and Uh Oh, Do Do!, and the Chick ‘N’ Pug and Pig Kahuna series. She grew up outside of Philadelphia and then went on to study painting and drawing at the University of New Hampshire, followed by the Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1996, she won a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her books have won The Mockingbird Award for Picture Books and The Georgia Children’s Book Award. Jennifer lives in upstate New York.

Benson Shum is a children’s book author and illustrator of picture books like Anzu the Great Kaiju and Jennifer Sattler’s Go to Sheep. Benson is also an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he was a part of such films as Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Frozen II, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Encanto. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Benson now lives in sunny southern California.

Editorial Reviews

2019-06-23
A playful counting book about a sheep who is a master of disguise.

The ovine protagonist is ready to play hide-and-seek, but watch out—this woolly friend is a master of disguise! Every page of this counting book features cartoon illustrations of a sheep hiding with groups of animals around the farm, each time donning a disguise that is sure to make both older toddlers and adults giggle. For example, the sheep hides with the cows by painting spots on itself and hides with the ducks by wearing a fake beak. Sattler's narration is sprinkled with silly puns and turns of phrase that are perfectly attuned to young children's sense of humor. The book charmingly begins in the second person, with the sheep asking readers to come play. Unfortunately, though, in the ensuing pages the voice shifts away from the sheep to third-person statements expressed in rhyming couplets, a choice that misses the opportunity to continue to tease readers, not to mention to inject additional humor into the storytelling. Furthermore, children who are learning to count may be confused about whether or not to count the disguised sheep on each page. Overall, though, the rhyming text is rhythmic, clever, and fun to read aloud, especially when accompanied by Shum's laugh-out-loud illustrations.

A humorous introduction to counting and farm animals. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews