Charlie Needs a
Cloak by Tomie dePaola.
Follows the process of a young shepherd boy making a
coat from wool.
Emma's Lamb by
Kim Lewis.
A young girl takes care of a lost lamb.
Farmer Brown
Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool by Teri Sloat.
Farmer Brown's sheep get cold when they have been
sheared. They then track down their sheared fleece
and make sweaters.
From Lamb to
Sheep by Jillian Powell.
A nonfiction book about the growth of lamb.
The Lamb and
the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard.
A lamb and a butterfly compare their ways of living.
The Lion and
the Little Red Bird by Elisa Kleven.
A lion and a bird develop a friendship even though they
have trouble communicating. A great book to use in
an art lesson.
The Little
Golden Lamb by Ellin Greene.
Similar to the well known tale, The Golden Goose.
Mary had a
Little Lamb by Sarah Hale.
A contemporary spin on the familiar rhyme.
Includes a sample exercise from a McGuffey Reader.
Sheep: A True
Book by Sara Swan Miller.
A good nonfiction book with lots of information and
photographs.
Sheep Dreams by
Arthur A. Levine.
A shy little lamb comes out of her shell when she
performs in the school play.
Sheep Have Lamb
by Lynn M. Stone.
A nonfiction book about baby sheep.
The Shepherd
Boy by Kim Lewis.
This book follows a young boy working on a sheep farm
through the year.
Smudge, the
Little Lost Lamb by James Herriot.
A young girl finds a lost lamb and is delighted to
return it to its owner.
Snip, Snip,
Little Lambs by Tomie dePaola.
Some sheep get their spring haircuts!
The Snow Lambs by
Debi Gliori.
A little boy worries his shepherding dog has run
away. However, the dog has guided a ewe home on a
stormy night which leads to the birth of two lambs.
Strudwick: A
Sheep in Wolf's Clothing by Robert Kraus.
A little lamb disguises himself to be safe from the
wolf.
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