Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machine
Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machine

Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machine

Written by Peter Bently & illustrated by David Roberts
Hardcover
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3 - 6
Reading age
32
Page count
19
Words per page
690L
Lexile measure
Sep 4, 2014
Publication date

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Publisher Summary

The sheep on the hillside were munching away, much as they always did, day after day, when suddenly something went ZOOM overhead! “Let’s go and see what it is!” they all said. And so begins a ripping, round-the-world adventure as the magnificent sheep take to skies in their spiffing, yellow flying machine…

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    The great rhyme scheme and expressive illustrations make this a great read-aloud as you travel the world with these magnificent sheep in their yellow airplane, experiencing the world. We really enjoyed it, and when we loaned it to a friend her son wanted to read it over and over and over too... it's a winner :)

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    I love that this book emphasizes the value of traveling but also of home. :) This book takes you on such a fun adventure with these sheep, and I love the illustrations and the inclusion of many different places, people, and cultures.

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Peter Bently

    My dad was an army bandmaster and director of music. Having a dad in the army meant that we moved around a fair bit when I was a child, so I lived in Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as places in England, including in Devon where I live now. I recently worked out that I went to ten different schools, or eleven if you count going to the same school twice (that was in Hong Kong). Imagine having that ‘first day at school’ feeling eleven times! But often there were other children whose parents were in the services too and who had also changed schools a lot, so I didn’t feel too weird. I have always enjoyed words but it took me quite a while to discover that I wanted to be a children’s writer. After university I worked for a short time as a journalist and then for a much longer time editing and sometimes writing books for grown ups. But I always liked writing funny stories and verses. When I was best man at my brother John’s wedding I even wrote my best man’s speech in rhyme. A few years later, my wife read that speech and said I should do more of that kind of thing. After we had our first child, Theo, and then (in 2001) moved from London to Devon, I started taking children’s writing seriously. I joined a creative writing group and in 2004 took a course run by the excellent Arvon Foundation. In 2005 I sent the text of A Lark in the Ark to fourteen publishers. Twelve of them said no thanks, but Egmont accepted it. I still have a copy of their cheque on my wall. (Bio via peterbently.com)

    Illustrator
    David Roberts

    David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator who has earned great acclaim for his distinctive style. He was born in Liverpool and studied fashion design at university in Manchester. After graduating, he worked as a milliner and a fashion illustrator, but always felt his true calling was in children’s books. David finally realised his dream when his first book was published in 1998, and since then he has collaborated with some of Britain’s finest children’s authors, including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner, Philip Ardagh and Jacqueline Wilson. He is also the creator of the popular Dirty Bertie books. He lives in London with his partner. His book Little Red was shortlisted for the 2005 Kate Greenaway Medal. In 2006 he won the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award for his line drawings in Mouse Noses on Toast. (Bio via https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/authors/david-roberts/1073472/)

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Book Details

ISBN
9781467749350
Publication Date
September 4, 2014
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Original Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Page Count
32
Words Per Page
19
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
3 - 6 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2013044960
Lexile® Level
690L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~P
ATOS® Book Level
3.6
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
165938
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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