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Sam Sheep Can't Sleep (Easy Words to Read)

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The phonics in this book are fantastic! Almost every word in it can be sounded out. It has a nice musical rhythmn when reading it out loud. The flaps make it interesting for younger children and the illustrations are comical. It's fun to read.

I have a 6 year old who is beginning to read. The books she brings home from school have sentences that repeat along with difficult words that she figures out through picture clues. I am sure that this helps her learn to read, but I also realize that she simply memorizes the repetitive sentences. These books use words with the same phonemes (like "oo" and "ay") along with mostly simple words that she can already read (for example: is, on, she). Each book revolves around about 3 phonemes. There are still some words on each page that are difficult for her and do not revolve around the phonemes, but I guess it's difficult to make a story fun and interesting without them. I do believe that the repetitive nature of the words with the same phonemes will help her to read (for example: In the book Goose on the Loose - words with the "oo" phoneme include goose, scooter, loose, fool, boo, moo, pool, kangaroos, and rooster). I would recommend this whole series along with the Dick and Jane books (which repeat simple words over and over).

This is the BEST book! My little kindergardener is reading now, and this was the first book she reallly read on her own. Easy and fun to read...will give your children the self-esteem they need to do it on their own. I highly recommend this and the other books in this series.

In sam sheep can't sleep he obviously can't sleep so he seeks help from his friends(a continuing theme in the series) and each friend has their own advice and help. Sam does sleep. Pay attention to the yellow duck and see if you see a recurring theme here also!
This whole series is great for all children from 18 months to beginning reading. It rolls when reading to your children the art is whimsical and the stories have some plot and are focused on problem solving together. It is the phonics and the rhyming that you will love, and they are short enough to keep you and your childs attention.

These are a great series of phonics books. My 2 year old started with Shark in the Park and loved it! After some investigating I realized that all the characters appear throughout this series making fun recognizable friends for your little ones. My son loves to find the hidden duck on each page. I highly recommend these books.

I have read many bed time books to my 8-month old, but this is the ONLY one we get through let alone with tons of smiles and giggles. The illustrations, words, flaps - MAGIC!

This book is good quality construction with just the right amount of words for bedtime.

There wasn't much captivating about this book to recommend itself, but it is a book that my 14 month old occasionally requests me to read to her. The text is a bit confusing to a young one since it was contrived to fit into a rhyme. The flaps are also flimsy and are mostly bent in our copy. The book would be best suited for children learning to read, although by that stage, the flaps will probably have lost their appeal.

We bought three books; Sam Sheep Can't Sleep, Shark in the Park and Pig on a Dig for our grandson for Christmas. He is just beginning to read and we thought these would be a great addition to his library. Wow! We are so impressed. The story lines are great, the pictures are beautifully done and because the same characters appear in all of the books, he was engaged and wanted to read them over and over. The use of phonics gave him the courage to READ OUT LOUD. Great books.