10th anniversary edition of a classic picture book from the current UK Children's Laureate. One night, Tom can't sleep. He's had three drinks of water from his dad, six hugs and four good-nights from Mum, but even so, sleep won't come. His dad tells him to count sheep, but it turns out that counting sheep is just the beginning - counting pythons and pirates, vampire bats and ghosts is a lot more fun! Readers are led on a wild and woolly counting adventure that goes all the way up to a hundred.ÿ
Even though we will devote a third of our lives to sleep, we still know remarkably little about its origins and purpose. Paul Martin's Counting Sheep answers these questions and more in this illuminating work of popular science.
Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and this book tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds, of English yeomen and how they got their freedom, and above all, of the soil.
Essential reading for naturalists and conservationists. Highly recommended".--Library Journal.
Callie Vee and Travis help animals big and small in this illustrated chapter book series for younger readers. In this second book in the Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet series, Callie takes a hands-on approach to animal doctoring.
The character from The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate helps animals big and small in this second book in a chapter book series by a Newbery Honor author.
A delightful remembrance of childhood in a country school. Contains Artley's (Memoirs of a former kid) charming drawings. A paper reprint of the 1982 agricultural history of Eastern Washington and the McGregor operations.
“Late last night I lay in bed and found I couldn’t sleep. So I scrunched my eyes up tightly and counted woolly sheep.” In this amusing bedtime story, a little girl decides she must count sheep in order to fall asleep.
When three little kittens cannot sleep their mother suggests they count sheep, so all three set out to find some to count.
Counting sheep is supposed to help you sleep—but a room full of yaks, alpacas, and llamas would keep anyone awake in this counting book with a comical twist. Winner of the Mathical Book Prize!
Counting Sheep