$17.99
Type: Picture Book
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Publication: October 19, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64614-119-7
sheep count flowers
Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
If you’re a parent, you know that one of the best times to read a picture book is bedtime. If you’re a kid, you might actually think that bedtime books are a wide-swinging gateway to imaginative play, and not just to sleep!
You might wonder, for instance; if people count sheep to fall asleep, what do sheep count?
Flowers, says this beautifully fanciful dream of a book. Sunflowers, roses, geraniums, jasmine. And there’s lots of OTHER things you probably don’t know about sheep… Sheep have neither pajamas nor pillows nor slippers. They tell bedtime stories about rhinoceroses and airplanes. They ONLY fly when they’re sleeping, like butterflies circling the sun. In fact, there are sheep that sparkle in the dark like stars and fireflies.
Or are there?
PRAISE
★ Illustrations are trippy, dreamlike, and utterly beguiling, with intentionally off-centered compositions; occasional moments of exaggerated scale; unexpected perspectives; repeated moon motifs; and velvety, hazy washes of rich colors with intriguing textures and floating, fine-lined drawings of flowers, fish, birds, children (all pale-faced with dark hair) dressed as sheep; and more. Deep sapphire blues dominate, but they are balanced by pops of golden yellows, greens, and oranges….Shared at bedtime, this richly imaginative story may launch children into vivid dreamscapes of their own.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Whimsical...Dreamlike.... A lovely bedtime accompaniment.”—Booklist
About micaela chirif
Micaela Chirif is an award-winning Peruvian author of children's books and poetry. She has a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, as well as a Master’s Degree in Books and Children’s Literature from The Autonomous University of Barcelona. Among other awards, her picture books have won the A la Orilla del Viento picture book competition from the Spanish-language publishing house Fondo de Cultura Económica and three of her picture books were White Ravens selections. Micaela’s books have been translated into Korean, Japanese, English, Portuguese, and French.
About Amanda Mijangos
Amanda Mijangos was born in Mexico City and is the founder of the illustration studio Cuarto para las 3. Her work has been recognized with awards several times and in 2017 she was the winner of the VIII Iberoamerica Illustra Catalog.
Follow Amanda on Instagram at @amandamijangos.