Seize Your Copy Baabwaa And Wooliam: A Tale Of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, And Friendship Engineered By David Elliott Accessible As Ebook

delightful animal tale full of wry humor and an excellent vocabulary, Among my favorite words were "horrid" and "shenanigans" as well as the phrase "a mournful lupine howl".
The illustrations are vivid and expressive, It begs to be read aloud, Pair with sitelinkBiblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by sitelinkJeanette Winter for a storytime about the transformative power of books and reading.
I really, really liked this book, I might even go so far as to say I loved it, but I tend to reserve mystar reviews for ones that I feel are truly brilliant in some way or another.
And this one juuuuust misses that cutoff,.stars!

It's very cleverly written, with some cute wordplay and "lemony" narration, The illustrations are also fun, but it's the story itself that really shines, It truly is a story of literacy and friendship but not so much about the dental hygiene.
. . that leaves you with a smile, Reading brings an unlikely group of friends together,

Read with Naomi amp Simon Baabwaa amp Wooliam are sheep who like to knit and read.
One day, they decide to have an adventure of their own instead of just reading about them.
They walk around and around their fenced in field until they meet a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Wooliam said he had read about a wolf like that, so they ran away from him.
The wolf loved chasing the sheep around and around, Then he stopped and contemplated what Wooliam had said about reading about him, Wooliam got out his book and showed the wolf, The wolf looked anywhere except at the pages of words, The wolf didn't know how to read, Baabwaa volunteered Wooliam to teach the wolf how to read while she knitted him a nice new sweater.
Reluctantly, Wooliam agreed. Sometimes while they were in a lesson, the wolf would jump up randomly and chase the sheep around the field.
Wooliam was annoyed by this at first, but they realized it was just his nature, There were lots of quiet moments, too, The three animals became good friends,

Good for preschool storytimes, Cute picture book about two sheep who enjoy reading and knitting, They meet an unlikely new friend a wolf in sheeps clothing, and come to find out that reputations arent always correct.
I read this to my daughters kindergarten class, and they seemed to enjoy it and had lots to say about it along the way! Baabwaa and Wooliam are two sheep who like their rather boring life, where Baabwaa knits and Wooliam reads.
One day, after reading a pirate book, Wooliam proposes they go on an adventure, The two friends set off to find explore their walledin pasture, The only thing they find however, is that they are now hungry,
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While munching on some grass, they are approached by another strange looking sheep, with a long tail, sharp snout, a filthy wool coat, and poor dental hygiene.
Wooliam, who had read a book about a wolf in sheep's clothing, recognizes the wolf and tells Baabwaa to run.
The wolf gives up the chase as he ponders that Wooliam has read a book about him.


Wooliam realizes the wolf does not know how to read, and offers to teach him.
Baabwaa is going to knit him a new coat to replace the ugly one he is wearing.
Thus begins a new friendship,

What makes this friendship story different from others is that the wolf never fully gives up his natural tendency to chase sheep.
In the middle of reading lessons, he would suddenly chase the two sheep around the field.
Wooliam was annoyed by the behavior, but Baabwaa understood that "he is just following his nature.
Besides, all that reading and knitting has taken its toll, We can use the exercise, " Sure enough, if you examine Melissa Sweet's illustrations, the once very fluffy sheep are now much more svelte!

The book ends with Baabwaa and Wooliam discussing how they did indeed find a wonderful adventure, and the wolf asks them to keep it down because he is trying to read.
Althogether a very smileinducing twist on wolf in sheep clothing stories,
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Melissa Sweet's watercolor, gouache, and mixed media illustrations are a perfect fit for the whimsical tone of the story, and Baabwaa and Wooliam are absolutely adorable.
This would make a fun readaloud, or could be used in a lesson that examines different versions of the big bad wolf story.
Baabwaa and Wooliam are sheep who woulda thunk who enjoy reading and knitting, One day they decide to go out for an adventure, but they live in an enclosed field so it was kind of boring and all that walking made them tired.
Eventually they ran into a wolf in sheep's clothing, Just when the wolf was about to eat them, Wooliam showed the wolf a book about wolves, but the wolf couldn't read.
Baabwaa insisted the the wolf go home with them and learn how to read, She knit him new clothes and Wooliam taught him how to read, And the wolf continued to chase them around the field now and then, because that was his nature after all.
In the end, the wolf learned how to read and Baabwaa and Wooliam trimmed down considerably.
Overall, they were quite happy, Baabwaa and Wooliam are sheep who decide to have an adventure one day, While they're out and about they run into a wolf who objects to the description of wolves in a book that Wooliam is

reading Wooliam calls him a "wolf in sheep's clothing".
The sheep offer to knit the wolf a sweater and teach him how to read, In exchange, he chases them around occasionally and keeps them fit, Entertaining! Adults will probably appreciate the humor more than kids,

Excerpt:
This is Baabwaa, also a sheep, In this picture, Baabwaa is knitting, Knitting is a very practical hobby for a sheep, It's surprising not more of them do it, Oh well. Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit, Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read, the two spend a lot of quiet time together reading and knitting.
One day, Wooliam wants to have an adventure, so he and Baabwaa take a walk around the field and run into a wolf, Wooliam mentions it's the wolf in sheep's clothing he's read about, and after a short chase, the sheep discover that the wolf can't read, and has terrible dental hygiene.
Baabwaa volunteers Wooliam to teach the wolf to read while she knits him a new sweater, and a friendship begins one with lots of chasing.


My granddaughter had me read this three times in a row, She loved it! "I liked that the wolf wanted to read, and that the sheep and the wolf were nice to each other.
The pictures were cute and funny, " It was a delightful read aloud, the dialogue was fun and natural, and I appreciated the fun words like rambunctious, horrid and shenanigans.
Plus, knitting!

Cross posted to sitelink blogspot. com/ Baabwaa amp Wooliam are two sheep who sit around and knit and read, They are looking for adventure so head out into the paddock and walk around the space three times wondering if this is truly adventure.
Eventually they are approached by a wolf in sheep's clothing, Baabwaa realizes who it is and tells Wooliam to run! The Wolf suddenly stopped running and wanted to know what the sheep meant when they said that they'd "read about" him.
When Wooliam tries to show him the book about wolves and sheep it becomes clear that the wolf never learned to read.
Or brush his teeth. Wolf and sheep make a pact to teach/learn how to read and brush teeth,

This story could have been so darling, However the author uses far to many adult words and phrases for kids to understand, This one will go right over kids heads, Fun twist on the usual wolf and sheep story, And the title, so cute! And as is usual for me, love Melissa Sweets illustrations! I've decided to do a spotlight on David Elliot because I loved his YA poetry retellings so much.
What did I think about this picture book I really really liked it, Loved the illustrations by my namesake Melissa Sweet, It pictures are set up on some pages like a scrapbook and I thought that was neat.
It's about two best friends that go on an adventure, If that sounds familiar like Frog and Toad then you are sort of on the right track.
These two best friend sheep have a pretty sedentary life or reading and knitting, One day they decide to go on an adventure and have a run in with the big bad wolf.
Wolf can't read and the Wooliam teaches him how, A trigger for some, it does talk about how the sheep needed to lose weight and how wolf chasing them was good exercise.
This book would be best suited fornd/th grade, Approached, unexpectedly and whiskered are some of the words you'll find within the pages, Lots of great vocabulary. I loved that Wolf wanted to learn to read because he wanted to see for himself what people were saying about him.
I also liked that the sheep felt empathy for the Wolf and became friends with him.
He was just misunderstood. It's his nature to chase his friends, but maybe not to eat his friends,

On to the next one, Another fairy tale brought forth by two great friends, two sheep, who manage to add a third.
Unfortunately, this time it's a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and in quite hilarious ways, that turns out to be okay.
The relationship isn't always perfect but this time the three work it all out beautifully, With some sarcasm that isn't always understood by young readers read to my younger kindergartenage granddaughter, I found it delightful with David Elliott's storytelling and Melissa Sweet's unique illustrations, both always create entertaining picture books! This was ADORABLE.
I really enjoyed the fact that the characters were sheep who help a Wolf read after he learns that he has a bad reputation in books.
The author also didn't shy away from the fact that the wolf would continue to hunt the sheep periodically because it was in his nature.
It made the book true to the characters, I also found the dental hygiene aspects of the book hilarious, And it was a complete bonus that the two sheep loved to do stuff like knit and read.
Although I can't knit I love to crochet and read so inevitably this book was perfect for me.
I wasn't a huge fan of the artwork, but the story made up for it, .