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Sebastian Ritscher
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SLEEPY SHEEPY

Lucy Ruth Cummins Pete Oswald

From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Bad Seed series, comes a rhyming bedtime tale featuring brand new picture book character Sleepy Sheepy, a sheep who is definitely NOT sleepy!
Sleepy Sheepy was not sleepy
But it was time for bed
(At least, that's what the clock said.)
But Sleepy Sheepy would not sleepy.
He was wired. And absolutely not tired!
In fact, he was WIDE-AWAKE.

Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is NOT sleepy. He'd much rather build with blocks or knit socks than go to sleep. Will Ma and Pa Sheepy ever get their sheepy to go to sleepy?

From acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald, Sleepy Sheepy is a hilarious bedtime read-aloud that will appeal to little lambs everywhere.

Lucy Ruth Cummins is an author and illustrator who made her critically-acclaimed author-illustrator debut in 2016 with her picture book A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals. She is also the illustrator of This is Not a Valentine, Truman, and The Love Letter. When she's not writing or illustrating books, Lucy is an executive art director of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She grew up in Cortland, New York, and she now lives with her little family in Brooklyn, New York.

Pete Oswald is a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator and an Annie Award-nominated animation production designer best known for The Angry Birds Movie film franchise and Oscar® Nominated ParaNorman, in addition to multiple animated studio films. He is also a children's book author and illustrator, and painter. Pete is the illustrator the New York Times bestselling picture books The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Couch Potato, and The Smart Cookie, written by Jory John. Pete lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and three sons.
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Published 2023-01-31 by Flamingo Books

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Published 2023-01-31 by Flamingo Books

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Sleepy Sheepy, rendered by Oswald in fluffy, cloud-like textures, insists he's anything but sleepy... Finally snuggled under his covers as a starry sky glows outside his window, he looks truly contented for the first time since the book's beginning, and even the most bedtime-resistant readers will respect his exhausted capitulation.

Rhyming and child-friendly vocabulary fill the tale with sleepy hour vibes. Oswald's transitions between bright and muted color palettes create a definite difference between the need to go to bed and Sheepy's denials. This could easily end up a story hour favorite and an often checked-out new bedtime classic for not-so-tired kids and their very tired parents; this will especially work a spell on preschoolers.

ANZ: Walker Books Australia Bulgarian: VaKon French (North America): Scholastic Canada German: Wimmelbuchverlag Hebrew: Yedioth

The blue-tinged cartoonish illustrations are humorous, depicting tired expressions on everyone's faces except the two babies-perhaps hinting at future stories of this wooly family. Caregivers will enjoy making this a bedtime read, and librarians will turn to this often for pajama storytimes. Young readers who love rebelling against bedtime rules will delight in seeing Sheepy's evening escapades, and astute members of this crowd will notice his happy smile when he's finally curled up in bed. An entertaining tale sure to resonate with those on either side of the bedtime battle.