ONE SMART SHEEP

Lost in the city, a sheep tries to find his way home.

Abigail Atwood and her border collie, Tippy, know that Wilson’s the “friendliest…woolliest [and] smartest” of the 27 sheep on their hillside farm. When Wilson was a tiny lamb, Abigail kept him in a box by the woodstove and bottle-fed him. Since joining the flock in the pasture, Wilson waits by the gate to greet Abigail and Tippy, rubbing his head against Abigail’s knee or touching noses with Tippy. “Wilson was special.” One early winter day, Wilson pushes open an unlatched pasture gate and heads toward Abigail and Tippy’s warm house, where a delivery truck is parked outside. Looking for Tippy, Wilson trots up the truck ramp just as the doors shut, trapping him inside. Enduring every bump, turn, and noise on his long ride inside the truck, Wilson then finds himself alone and disoriented in a crowded, busy city when the doors open. Meanwhile, Abigail realizes Wilson has vanished and searches everywhere but finds no sign of him. Wilson’s smart, but is he smart enough to find his way home in the encroaching darkness and snow? The large-print, easy-reading chapters hold enough action and suspense to keep budding readers turning pages as the plot alternates among Abigail, Tippy, and Wilson. Whimsical, charming full-page watercolor illustrations capture highlights of Wilson’s big adventure.

The delightful, fast-paced saga of a special sheep who uses his wits.