Sheep Lost [Board book]

Catherine Black (Author), Anne Catharine Blake (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | Age Level: 0 and up

The antics of four sheep demonstrate various examples of opposites.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 057005091X
• ISBN-13: 978-0570050919
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,771,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne Catharine Blake is a creative blend of Americans and Canadians. Known as Catharine or Cathy to her friends, she grew up half time in Canada on a farm, and half time in the US around the theatre and her grandfather's commercial art studio.

Her illustrations have appeared in over 60 publications, including children's books, magazines and newspapers. Her art has also been exhibited in galleries and can be viewed in private and public collections.

Catharine loves to draw and learn exciting new ways to create art, whether it's with a digital pen on a Wacom Cintiq or on paper and pencil. She is also notorious for sketching on sticky notes and leaving a trail wherever she goes.

Most days, Catharine can be found in her studio on the 3rd floor of the Hala B. Darling House in Upstate New York. With her studio cat, Hala to keep her company, she paints, draws, writes, and teaches art and design online at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to undergraduate students both in the US and abroad.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars salvation in a few short phrases, November 4, 2011

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readerteacherpal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheep Lost (Board book)

What does it take for a 15 month old to sit still and listen? This book, along with the others in the "sheep" series. The salvation message, like Christ himself, greets your child gently.

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, January 20, 2010

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itsjustme (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheep Lost (Board book)

Modeled after wildly popular mainstream board book author Sandra Boynton's books (especially Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs), Catherine Blake's Sheep Lost is cute addition to any young child's bookshelf.

"Sheep giggle. Sheep pout. Sheep whisper. Sheep SHOUT!" this simple board book begins, taking us through many opposites, complete with soft illustrations of sheep modeling whatever behavior is mentioned. Finally we see "Sheep up. Sheep down. Sheep lost..." and with an image of a biblical character with a shepherd's hook and some sheep surrounding him: "Sheep found."

What I Like: This is a sweet book, and while you'll have to explain to babies and toddlers who the Shepherd is, it's sometimes nice to have books that are basically mainstream, but have a hint of faith in them. My preschooler also enjoys this book, and loves to say afterward: "I am the sheep Jesus found!"

What I Dislike: The illustrations sometimes have a sameness about them and aren't as colorful as I like for the very young children this book targets.

Overall Rating: Very good.

Kristina Seleshanko, Managing Editor, Christian Children's Book Review

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and to the point in few words, February 21, 2006

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mother of four (europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheep Lost (Board book)

I have seldom seen a point made this well using this few words.

The drawings are funny, and the sheep give both kids and parents a good laugh. When we read aloud we play out "giggle" and "pout", "whisper" and "shout". The children love it! And they get to practise words like "up" and "down", "good" and "bad". They're actually able to memorize the book quite fast!

Sheep lost is our favourite board book for toddlers.