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Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them. We may know the end of the nursery rhyme, but she doesn't, so she heads off to her local library to get a book on shepherding. Will she find the book she needs? Will she find her sheep?
What a lovely book! It ticks all the right boxes. There's a familar tale, but given a fun twist. There's an understated subplot where you get to see what all the sheep are actually getting up to whilst Bo looks for them. Add on top of that a general feeling that libraries are great, and you've got an excellent book. That's before you even get to the extra books that are included - and which child (or adult!) doesn't enjoy a book with additional bits to pull out and read? It's in a similar vein to [[''The Jolly Postman by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg|The Jolly Postman]]'', with which it shares its sense of humour and gentle parody.
Cressida Cowell's illustrations are bustling with life. Most of the action may take place in a library, but it's by no means calm and quiet! Her drawing style is fresh and bubbly, perfectly suiting the sideways glance at well-known fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
