Clever jokes and word play showcase a love of adventure, reading, and growth mindsets.

Baabwaa loves to knit. Her pal, Wooliam loves to read. They're a couple of content sheep, though they both agree a little adventure might not be a baad thing. But they get more than they bargained for when they run into a big bad wolf.

Baabwaa & Wooliam are sheep who like to knit and read. One day, they decide to have an adventure of their own instead of just reading about them. They walk around and around their fenced in field until they meet a wolf in sheep's clothing. Wooliam said he had read about a wolf like that, so they ran away from him. The wolf loved chasing the sheep around and around. Then he stopped and contemplated what Wooliam had said about reading about him. Wooliam got out his book and showed the wolf. The wo...

Baabwaa and Wooliam are sheep (who woulda thunk) who enjoy reading and knitting. One day they decide to go out for an adventure, but they live in an enclosed field so it was kind of boring and all that walking made them tired. Eventually they ran into a wolf in sheep's clothing. Just when the wolf was about to eat them, Wooliam showed the wolf a book about wolves, but the wolf couldn't read. Baabwaa insisted the the wolf go home with them and learn how to read. She knit him new clothes and Wooli...

I've decided to do a spotlight on David Elliot because I loved his YA poetry re-tellings so much. What did I think about this picture book? I really really liked it. Loved the illustrations by my namesake Melissa Sweet.It pictures are set up on some pages like a scrapbook and I thought that was neat. It's about two best friends that go on an adventure. If that sounds familiar like Frog and Toad then you are sort of on the right track. These two best friend sheep have a pretty sedentary life or r...

Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read, the two spend a lot of quiet time together reading and knitting. One day, Wooliam wants to have an adventure, so he and Baabwaa take a walk around the field and run into a wolf, Wooliam mentions it's the wolf in sheep's clothing he's read about, and after a short chase, the sheep discover that the wolf can't read, and has terrible dental hygiene. Baabwaa volunteers Wooliam to teach the wolf to read while she knits him a

Cute. I loved that reading was of such importance! But was the bit about the sheep loosing weight needed? Or the one off hand comment about the wolf's poor dental hygiene? These elements were specifically mentioned in the write up I found elsewhere for this book, which given that they aren't really plot points, was particularly odd.

Cute picture book about two sheep who enjoy reading and knitting. They meet an unlikely new friend (a wolf in sheep’s clothing), and come to find out that reputations aren’t always correct. I read this to my daughter’s kindergarten class, and they seemed to enjoy it and had lots to say about it along the way!

I knit. I read. There is no way I would find this book less than perfect. Frankly even children who don't yet read or knit but are old enough to have a few key tales (Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pia, etc.) under their belts will laugh with this as well.

Winter break bookaday #4. Funtastic story! Adore Melissa Sweet’s illustrations!!!

Reading brings an unlikely group of friends together.11/29/18 Read with Naomi & Simon

Fun twist on the usual wolf and sheep story. And the title, so cute! And as is usual for me, love Melissa Sweet’s illustrations!

This is a clever picture book about unlikely friends helping each other out and the gift of learning to read. Two sheep, one is a reader and the other is a knitter, become friends with a wolf who is unable to read. Young readers will enjoy finding out if Wooliam will be able to teach the wolf to read in spite of the wolf’s dangerous and rambunctious behavior. The illustrations are very cute.

Very funny, amusing book about two sheep who go off to find an adventure and end up meeting a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It ends with a twist. Kids voted to give this story 5 stars. Art was great too.We read it again a second time and kids still giggled.

The watercolor/mixed media illustrations are soft and brightly colored and the text is filled with humor and adult pleasing irony and wit. Baabwaa is a sheep who likes to knit and she if best friends with, Wooliam, a sheep who likes to read. One day, Wooliam announces he has been thinking that they should have an adventure (Baabwaa's response? "Thinking is good...or so I've heard"). They meet a third sheep on their adventure (The wolf in sheep's clothing that Wooliam has read about) and an hilar...

Baabwaa and Wooliam are two sheep who like their rather boring life, where Baabwaa knits and Wooliam reads. One day, after reading a pirate book, Wooliam proposes they go on an adventure. The two friends set off to find explore their walled-in pasture. The only thing they find however, is that they are now hungry. While munching on some grass, they are approached by another strange looking sheep, with a long tail, sharp snout, a filthy wool coat, and poor dental hygiene. Wooliam, who had rea...

Baabwaa & Wooliam are two sheep who sit around and knit and read. They are looking for adventure so head out into the paddock and walk around the space three times wondering if this is truly adventure. Eventually they are approached by a wolf in sheep's clothing. Baabwaa realizes who it is and tells Wooliam to run! The Wolf suddenly stopped running and wanted to know what the sheep meant when they said that they'd "read about" him. When Wooliam tries to show him the book about wolves and sheep i...

This short book gave me a happy. And it's indicative of why there shouldn't be genres or embarrassment about "reading below your reading level": Obviously intended for kids, this picture book will be much more appreciated by the adults who read it to kids, grandkids, etc etc. Very funny and cleaver; recommended!

Wooliam and Baabwaa are sheep who spend their time together reading books and knitting. When they decide to head out on an adventure together, they find a distinct lack of adventure in the sheep pasture. Then a stranger appears and suddenly they are on an adventure. The stranger turns out to be a wolf! When the sheep discover that the wolf needs their skilled help, they band together to teach him to read and knit him something better to wear. This picture book celebrates the mix of quiet life an...

David Elliott is having quite the year! This clever picture book showcases the author's ability to write for smart young readers without infantilizing them. Melissa Sweet's illustration are perfect in palette, tone, perspective, and variety. Kudos to Candlewick for the excellent design as the text and illustration layout flow wonderfully from page to page with a pleasant array of framed, single, and double-page spreads. BAABWAA AND WOOLIAM may be laugh-out-loud funny but includes a sly moral nar...