Friday, July 24, 2009

The Surprise - Sylvia Van Ommen

Front Street/Boyds Mill Press
2007, originally Pub. in the Netherlands, 2003
28 p.
Rating: 4.5
Endpapers: Shelves of colored bottles (dyes)
A wordless delight - especially for a knitter. Sheep weighs himself (can't tell which gender, so I'll go with male), then hops on his moped and heads to the dye shop where he buys a bottle of red dye. At home he covers, rinses, dries, his wool, then shaves it all off. Hopping back on his moped he takes it to a fancy pink poodle who spins it into yarn. At home, he knits and knits and knits, then wraps. Again on his mjoped he zooms off to give a very long-necked sweater to his friend Giraffe, who rewards Sheep with a kiss on the cheek. Very sweet story. And a great one to write!
Illustrations are simple, very bright, and totally enjoyable.

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