BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read, the two spend a lot of quiet time together reading and knitting. One day, Wooliam wants to have an adventure, so he and Baabwaa take a walk around the field and run into a wolf, Wooliam mentions it's the wolf in sheep's clothing he's read about, and after a short chase, the sheep discover that the wolf can't read, and has terrible dental hygiene. Baabwaa volunteers Wooliam to teach the wolf to read while she knits him a new sweater, and a friendship begins - one with lots of chasing.
My granddaughter had me read this three times in a row. She loved it! "I liked that the wolf wanted to read, and that the sheep and the wolf were nice to each other. The pictures were cute and funny." It was a delightful read aloud, the dialogue was fun and natural, and I appreciated the fun words like rambunctious, horrid and shenanigans. Plus, knitting!
Lisa Librarian (and AJ age 5)
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