Sheep Won't Sleep

by Judy Cox (Author) Nina Cuneo (Illustrator)

Sheep Won't Sleep
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Counting sheep is supposed to help you sleep--but a room full of yaks, alpacas, and llamas would keep anyone awake in this counting book with a comical twist.

Winner of the Mathical Book Prize!

A glass of warm milk, reading, working on her knitting--nothing can help Clarissa get to sleep. When even counting sheep doesn't help her doze off, she tried pairs of alpacas instead. Two, four, six . . . then llamas by fives . . . then yaks by tens!

But no one could sleep with a room full of bouncing, bleating, shedding animals. Determined to unravel her problem so she can get some sleep, Clarissa counts back down until she's all alone, and she can finally get some rest.

Introducing addition and subtraction by ones, twos, fives, and tens, Sheep Won't Sleep is part bedtime story, part math practice-- and the hilarious illustrations of spotted, striped, and plaid animals are sure to appeal to imaginative readers of all ages. A perfect-- and fun!-- way to introduce and reinforce counting in groups, this is sure to be a study- and bedtime favorite!

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Review quotes

"This story provides an entertaining and humorous introduction to skip counting suitable for early elementary students. It will certainly be enjoyed by animal lovers, insomniacs, and anyone familiar with the conspicuous amount of math involved in knitting."—School Library Journal

" Children can count along, add the numbers, and then subtract them in this enjoyably crafty bedtime tale. The pen-and-digital ink drawings feature one black-haired, white Clarissa and a multitude of appealing and colorful critters, beloved by all knitters. Count them, play with them, and knit them into one wonderful blanket."—Kirkus Reviews
Judy Cox
Judy Cox is a former elementary school teacher and the author of picture books such as Haunted House, Haunted Mouse and chapter books including Ukelele Hayley, a Bank Street College Best Book, and The Secret Chicken Society, which was nominated for four state awards and named a Best of the Best title by the Chicago Public Library. She lives in Oregon.

Angela N. Dominguez was born in Mexico City and grew up in Texas. Spanish was her family's first language, and her older brother had to learn English in the first grade. Like Lupita, Angela learned English with his help, so she could be fluent by her first day of school. She received Pura Belpré Illustration Honors for two books: Maria Had a Llama and Mango, Abuela, and Me.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780823437016
Lexile Measure
620
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
August 20, 2017
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF013030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
JNF035030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | Arithmetic
Library of Congress categories
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