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Sleepy Sheepy  Cover Image Book Book

Sleepy Sheepy / by Lucy Ruth Cummins ; illustrated by Pete Oswald.

Cummins, Lucy Ruth. (Author). Oswald, Pete. (Added Author).

Summary:

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Sleepy Sheepy, who despite his name is not sleepy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593465912 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Flamingo Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Age range: 3-7.
Subject: Bedtime > Juvenile fiction.
Sheep > Juvenile fiction.
Lambs > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Stories in rhyme.
Picture books.
Humorous fiction.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch RHY JP Cummi 31681030019483 PICTURE Checked out 12/12/2025

  • Baker & Taylor
    Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Sleepy Sheepy, who despite his name is not sleepy.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is WIDE-AWAKE, giving Ma and Pa Sheepy a run for their money as they try to get him to go to bed. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
  • Penguin Putnam
    From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Sour Grape, comes a rhyming bedtime tale featuring brand new picture book character Sleepy Sheepy, a sheep who is definitely NOT sleepy!

    Sleepy Sheepy was not sleepy
    But it was time for bed
    (At least, that's what the clock said.)
    But Sleepy Sheepy would not sleepy.
    He was wired. And absolutely not tired!
    In fact, he was WIDE-AWAKE.

    Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is NOT sleepy. He'd much rather build with blocks or knit socks than go to sleep. Will Ma and Pa Sheepy ever get their sheepy to go to sleepy?

    From acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Smart Cookie, The Sour Grape), Sleepy Sheepy is a hilarious bedtime read-aloud that will appeal to little lambs everywhere.

    Praise for Sleepy Sheepy:

    "Caregivers will enjoy making this a bedtime read, and librarians will turn to this often for pajama storytimes. An entertaining tale sure to resonate with those on either side of the bedtime battle."—Kirkus reviews

    "This could easily end up a story hour favorite and an often checked-out new bedtime classic for not-so-tired kids and their very tired parents; this will especially work a spell on preschoolers." —School Library Journal

    "Sleepy Sheepy, rendered by Oswald in fluffy, cloud-like textures, insists he's anything but sleepy . . .even the most bedtime-resistant readers will respect his exhausted capitulation.” —Publishers Weekly

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