Rob Lewis is an experienced author and illustrator, his pictures and text combining to produce many delightful picture books for children. He was winner of the Tir na N-Og award 2003 for Cold Jac and his renowned book Tidy up, Trevor is a perennial best seller. He lives with his family in Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
Tidily rhymed and beautifully and amusingly illustrated, this large
and brightly colourful picture-story book tells the tale of three
little sheep, Olwen, Flo and Meg ... The narrative reads well
aloud, making a book that is highly likely to be much enjoyed by
keen readers and attentive listeners.
*Publisher: Gomer@Lolfa*
Whilst out one day in the meadow, three sheep wearing their
favourite ribbons hear loud singing coming from a hole in the
ground. When a stone falls over the edge, it isn’t a friendly miner
who pops out but a disgruntled wolf! Fearing for their lives,
Olwen, Meg and Flo flee through trees, are attacked by bees, swim a
river, climb a steep slope, struggle through a bramble patch and
trudge through a bog before arriving home at their shed,
bedraggled, ribbon-less but safe. Unfortunately their relief is
short-lived; they are not alone for long as the singing wolf – who
is, after all, used to holes – creeps in through a gap in the shed
wall. What will be their fate?
With double-page spreads showing the sheep’s journey on the right
and the wolf’s dogged pursuit on the left, Rob Lewis presents the
tale in an easy rhythmical style and rhyme which both lightens the
mood and enlivens the trek without undermining the tension. Against
more or less natural landscapes, witty graphics – precise in their
subtlety and light strokes of the pen – show a range of scenarios,
stances, expressions and reactions which promote empathy whilst
suggesting that the sheep are rather dim-witted and daft. Meantime
the wolf is shown as being ready and equipped for any eventuality.
Sharing this book with youngsters will be a delight as they note
elements of familiar traditional tales as well as the sheep’s
struggling discomfort on the one hand and the wolf’s contentment on
the other, implied by the visual cue of musical notes above him.
Young readers will expectantly relish the outcome. Nothing,
however, should be taken for granted.
The stark illustration of ‘Four pairs of eyes instead of three!’
and the startling wolf’s ‘Hello!’ as he turns on the light has the
reader gripped with anticipation. Surely there can't be a happy
ending for the three little sheep – or can there?
Once more Rob Lewis has produced a gem!
*M. Lorna Herbert Egan @ www.gwales.com*
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