Title: Sheep in a Jeep
Reviewed by: Terese Wylie
Author: Nancy Shaw
Illustrator: Margot Apple
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Year of Publication:1986
Genre: Children's fiction
Horn Book: Horn book rating 3
Summary: While on an outing in their Jeep, a group of sheep get stuck in the mud. After receiving some help from a few pigs, the sheep continue their outing. During the small celebration after getting unstuck, they end up crashing their Jeep, which they try to then sell.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The rhyming used by Shaw and illustrations by Apple combine together to create a perfect book for toddlers and young children. The illustrations create a perfect visual of Shaw's writing.
Review by Terese Wylie: This book contains the perfect combination of rhyming writing and supporting illustrations. The short rhyming sentences by Shaw are brought to life by Apple's illustrations. However, the sentences are basic and would not be considered complete sentences in some cases. The book will evoke laughter from the reader because of its rhyming and the story that unfolds with the sheep.
Sheep in a Jeep can be used to teach a lesson on the word family -eep. Also the book can be used to show teamwork between friends and a lesson on rhyming.
Author: Nancy Shaw
Illustrator: Margot Apple
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Year of Publication:1986
Genre: Children's fiction
Horn Book: Horn book rating 3
Summary: While on an outing in their Jeep, a group of sheep get stuck in the mud. After receiving some help from a few pigs, the sheep continue their outing. During the small celebration after getting unstuck, they end up crashing their Jeep, which they try to then sell.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The rhyming used by Shaw and illustrations by Apple combine together to create a perfect book for toddlers and young children. The illustrations create a perfect visual of Shaw's writing.
Review by Terese Wylie: This book contains the perfect combination of rhyming writing and supporting illustrations. The short rhyming sentences by Shaw are brought to life by Apple's illustrations. However, the sentences are basic and would not be considered complete sentences in some cases. The book will evoke laughter from the reader because of its rhyming and the story that unfolds with the sheep.
Sheep in a Jeep can be used to teach a lesson on the word family -eep. Also the book can be used to show teamwork between friends and a lesson on rhyming.