Amazon.com Review
Although things never quite work out the way Boo and Baa plan, things somehow do work out. For instance, take the time they decide to have a picnic on an island. First there's the matter of rowing correctly so they don't end up on their heads in the middle of the boat. Then it's important to avoid obstacles in the water. "Are we already there?" asks Baa. "No, we're stuck!" says Boo. The two cheerfully make the best of their situation, breaking open the picnic basket and waiting patiently in the middle of the sea, the longed-for island just out of reach, until it looks like help is on its way. Or is it?
If it's not one thing, it's another for the deliriously cute Boo and Baa, as witnessed in Boo and Baa in the Woods, Boo and Baa in a Party Mood, and Boo and Baa in Windy Weather. They also get wet and go on a cleaning spree in two other Boo and Baa adventures in the series. These hapless lambs are not the sharpest sheep in town, but they do have heart. A lot of heart. The cartoonlike illustrations are slyly humorous, especially for the eagle-eyed reader who can pick up on the subtle hints dropped, like the underwater rock waiting to be bumped by the boat. Preschoolers will adore reading the simple one-sentence-per-page descriptions of Boo and Baa's predicaments, and will happily recognize the sometimes inscrutable nature of the world they, too, have so recently tumbled into. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter
From School Library Journal
PreS--Two further misadventures of the hapless sheep introduced in Boo and Baa in a Party Mood and Boo and Baa in Windy Weather (both R & S, 1996). In the first book, the pair are able to solve one problem (how to row a boat) but not another (getting the boat off a rock). In Cleaning Spree, the sheep create havoc cleaning their room. In both titles, situations are presented and then resolved by coincidences beyond the lambs' understanding. Unfortunately, toddlers likely to pick up these books will be just as clueless and the happy endings will have to be explained to them. Readers old enough to comprehend the weak humor device will find the format too similar to board books for their tastes. Comparisons with Nancy Shaw's superior sheep books are inevitable. Nevertheless, children will find Boo and Baa mildly appealing, with their goggle-eyes, their broad comic gesturing, and their tendency to fall-down-go-boom.
Darla Remple, Worcester Public Library, MA
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