Where Is the Green Sheep?

Where Is the Green Sheep? is a children's picture book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. It is about various coloured sheep doing various things, with the protagonist, the green sheep, not being seen until the final pages.

Where Is the Green Sheep?
AuthorMem Fox
IllustratorJudy Horacek
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2004 (Penguin Books)
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780670041497
OCLC808652901

Reception

Booklist wrote "Little ones will bounce with anticipation as the simple yet clever text takes them to visit one sheep and then another. .. Laughs and interactive play will ensue among readers and listeners, alone or in groups."[1] and the School Library Journal stated "Basic beginning vocabulary is repeated in this easy-to-read rhyme about different kinds of sheep. .. A welcome addition to the year's flock of easy-readers."[1]

Kirkus Reviews called it "Ideally easy and well-designed."[2] and Publishers Weekly wrote "Parents intrigued by Fox's ideas about early literacy (as expounded in Reading Magic, for example) will find this book a useful vehicle for putting her suggestions into practice."[3] The Horn Book Magazine wrote "And here's a book one doesn't see every day: a narrative perfectly attuned to a toddler's sense of playful discovery. .. Horacek's uncluttered watercolors merrily counterbalance the straightforward text and provide numerous opportunities for listeners to identify colors and animals as well as to count objects." and concluded "..this bedtime story is as satisfying as a goodnight kiss."[4] January Magazine', in its review, wrote "..this book is .. aimed squarely at children, though it is a surprise for those who know the artist's other work to see her mark on this book.", and described it as "a joyous romp through the lives of sheep" and"a perfect book for bedtime reading with your toddler".[5]

Where is The Green Sheep? appears on the School Library Journal Top 100 Picture Books List[6] and the New York Public Library 100 Great Children's Books of the Last 100 Years list.[7]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "Where is the green sheep?". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. "where is the green sheep?". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Where Is The Green Sheep?". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 8 March 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. Sue Bursztynski (November 2005). "When A Picture is Worth A Lot of Words". januarymagazine.com. january magazine. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. Elizabeth Bird (6 July 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results". blogs.slj.com. Media Source Inc. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. "100 Great Children's Books: 100 Years". nypl.org. New York Public Library. 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  8. "Horn Book Fanfare: Best books of 2004". hbook.com. Media Source. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  9. "2005 Book of the Year: Early Childhood". cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. "The KOALA's, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc". literaryawards.com.au. Literary Awards Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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