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mfaust's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent bedtime story—engaging and vocabulary-building—and guess what the green sheep is doing? Yes, the way all children’s board books end, with sleep. It has a charming rhyme scheme and fun illustrations of sheep doing things that the reader might have done during the day all the while looking for the green sheep. There is a fun page of different colored sheep doing all sorts of things just before the green sheep’s location is revealed. Great curiosity and vocabulary builder.
Promotes: sleep, color-recognition, opposites, vocabulary, imagination, vehicles, bedtime, hide and seek, separation.
Promotes: sleep, color-recognition, opposites, vocabulary, imagination, vehicles, bedtime, hide and seek, separation.
biddywink's review against another edition
4.0
A lovely picture book about colors, with fun illustrations. As a knitter, I love the sheep.
ozshark's review against another edition
3.0
Mem Fox is a genius & a true legend of Australian children's literature (as recently recognised by Australia Post!). I never quite understood the level of success this book has received, it just seems like a decent picture book to me, but the reading public clearly thinks differently. When I talk about Mem Fox with my students, this is the book they fondly recall & name as one of their favourites. Oh well, I don't always have to "get it", just glad kids love it!
madhamster's review against another edition
5.0
A very cute and fun rhyming text for sharing with all ages.
pussreboots's review against another edition
2.0
Where Is the Green Sheep? is picture book by Australian author Mem Fox. The last book of hers I read was Possum Magic when I was a new Mom and a new member of BookCrossing. It was part of a bookring. In the years between I'd pretty much forgotten about her books until a number of random sources recommended Where is the Green Sheep? to me and my children.
On numerous recommendations I checked out a copy of Where is the Green Sheep? from our library. Sean read it to himself and I read it to Harriet. Sean found the book a quick read (as he should since it's aimed at preschoolers and he's in 2nd grade). Harriet liked the first few pages but quickly went into "play along mode" while I read on.
The book reminds me most of Sandra Boynton's books but it's about twice as long. I think it was just much repetition of "where's the green sheep" before the final pay-off.
When we were done with the book I asked Sean and Harriet for their opinions. Both complained that it didn't make sense for there to be sheep of so many different colors. So while the book is popular with many parents and children and has even inspired a children's play, it didn't win over my two.
On numerous recommendations I checked out a copy of Where is the Green Sheep? from our library. Sean read it to himself and I read it to Harriet. Sean found the book a quick read (as he should since it's aimed at preschoolers and he's in 2nd grade). Harriet liked the first few pages but quickly went into "play along mode" while I read on.
The book reminds me most of Sandra Boynton's books but it's about twice as long. I think it was just much repetition of "where's the green sheep" before the final pay-off.
When we were done with the book I asked Sean and Harriet for their opinions. Both complained that it didn't make sense for there to be sheep of so many different colors. So while the book is popular with many parents and children and has even inspired a children's play, it didn't win over my two.
emkoshka's review against another edition
3.0
Colourful, rhyming, puzzling fun. A great way to teach opposites. I love Judy Horacek's illustrations; they're always so joyous.
booksandbosox's review against another edition
5.0
http://librarianosnark.blogspot.com/2012/04/program-family-storytime.html
afterwhat's review against another edition
4.0
I really like this book. It has all kinds of sheep--clown sheep, thin sheep, near sheep--and on each page, the rhyming text ends with "But where is the green sheep?" It doesn't really have a point, but it's cute and funny, and I enjoy it.