The Sleep Sheep

Bedtimes are something of a trial for Sylvie and her mother; mother thinks daughter is exasperating, daughter thinks otherwise – she just cannot sleep. Mum suggests the well tried sheep counting remedy but in order to induce sleep in Sylvie, the particular sheep in this story have to go to enormous lengths – line dancing, rollerblading, skateboarding and scooting right to the seaside – to wear out first themselves and then the insomniac Sylvie. There is so much going on in the candy-coloured illustrations, it’s no wonder she cannot sleep.

Probably best not used as a bedtime story as I cannot imagine any child not wanting to spend ages poring over the multitude of delicious details such as the sheep doing handstands in the sea, bloomers aloft, or the bikini-wearing sheep reading ‘Goldilocks & the 3 Sheep’ to two infant sheep, one sucking an ice-cream cone.