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One Sheep, Blue Sheep by Thom Wiley /illustrated by Ben Mantle

Synopsis: With clever rhymed text, five sheep stumble into buckets of different color paints left around the farm.  Die cuts cut into each page reveal the “new” color of each sheep and the chaos continues as sheep bump each other, paint cans go flying and one sheep falls into a puddle.   To the rescue comes the farmer with some shears and all is well.

 

What I like about it and who would enjoy it:  Adults will quickly pick up on the “nursery rhyme” references in the text, such as “The farmer laughed to see such sport,” or “There were five sheep with fleece as white as snow.”    Young children will enjoy the board book format and enjoy a fun way to learn about colors.    Age 1 – 3.