About the book
By New York Times #1 best-selling author, Laura Numeroff and award-winning illustrator, David McPhail!
When you can’t fall asleep
Then try counting sheep!
But what do you do if the sheep are already asleep? New York Times best-selling author Laura Numeroff, has crafted the perfect lullaby in which a small child imagines she encounters many cuddly animal families, only to find that they, too, are snuggled fast asleep! Lovely, soothing watercolors by award-winning and critically acclaimed illustrator David McPhail capture the dreaminess of bedtime.
Laura Numeroff and David McPhail, two icons in the world of children’s books, make an invincible team with their first collaboration, When Sheep Sleep. Children will reach for this new classic again and again as the warm, gentle illustrations and calming rhyme lull them to sleep.
About the author
Laura Numeroff is the author of the best-selling If You Give A . . . series which has cumulatively sold over 8 million copies. She’s also the author of the What Mommies Do Best/What Daddys Do Best series. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
David McPhail has illustrated more than 100 books for children, and has received numerous state awards and honors. Some of his best-selling titles are I Love You Because You’re You and If You Were My Bunny. He lives in Rye, New Hampshire.