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Sommerset, Mark

Baa Baa Smart Sheep

32 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-8066-4 $14.00

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Rowan Sommerset. Feeling bored, Little Baa Baa pranks Quirky Turkey, convincing him that a pile of (presumably) sheep droppings are actually "smarty tablets" and basking in deadpan satisfaction when the gullible--yet now, indeed, wiser--bird gobbles them up. The two pencil-drawn animals in a brown-gray wash converse in speech bubbles, their expressive faces supporting a goofy cumulative text. The timeless poop humor has wide appeal.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden