Children's Book Review: Mary Had a Sleepy Sheep by Julia Dweck

Mary Had a Sleepy Sheep by Julia Dweck and illustrated by Wilson Williams Jr.

kindle, 20 pages

Published: August 13th, 2013 by Xist Publishing

Young Mary had a little lamb.
His name was Sheppard sheep,
And everywhere that Mary went
That sheep was sure to sleep.

This is not your average Mother Goose nursery rhyme. In this hilarious parody, poor Mary has one very sleepy, slumbering, snoozing sheep named Sheppard and Mary’s mom is not happy.

Can Mary can keep her sleepy sheep awake?

Young readers will laugh along at Mary’s zany attempts, as she tries everything from spicy-hot fiestas to water fights. The humor is fast and fun in this easy to read rhyming adventure.

Mary had a Sleepy Sheep is a fun play with the original tale from the Mother Goose nursery rhyme.  This story is adorable and SO much fun!  The words are rhyming and easy for children to memorize.  It's fun for the adults and the children alike.  It's one that will have the whole family in fits of giggles!

The illustrations are adorable and fill the pages. They match this story incredibly well and are very fun.

I recommend this one to children pre-reading age, to the age where they are just learning to read.  Because my children know the original nursery rhyme this was even more fun for them and my 4 year old and 8 year old both enjoyed it.

I very highly recommend! If this was in paperback it would be my go-to gift for all my nieces and nephews!

Disclosure: I received this book for review purposes, all opinions expressed are my own and I was not paid or influenced in any way.