Review by Booklist Review
The rambunctious sheep, stars of seven previous books, including Sheep in a Jeep (1986), are now heading into space. When a spaceship lands in their field, it's not long before Everyone gets into gear. / They blast right through the stratosphere. Weightlessness isn't easy, nor is heading outside to check on the spaceship. Fortunately, the sheep get some help from a little green man one of the ship's original occupants. The colored-pencil illustrations are as fun and kid-friendly as usual; fans will welcome seeing familiar friends in an unfamiliar setting.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2008 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-A mysterious extraterrestrial vehicle lands in the pasture, and the sheep are off on their seventh adventure. "Sheep snoop. Sheep explore./Sheep climb through the spaceship door." One green alien, who bears a marked resemblance to the sheep, has remained onboard and watches as they suit up and blast off. With Earth in the distance, two sheep float outside and check for damage. Later, when they tinker with the main controls, "Sheep panic. Sheep guess./Which button should they press?" Thankfully, the alien stuns them and brings the ship safely back to Earth. Other aliens, aware of the situation, help carry them off the spaceship and leave them sleeping peacefully under pink blankets. The sheep awaken as the spaceship blasts off once more. Apple's softly shaded, colored-pencil drawings capture the expressive faces of the five sheep, and Shaw's crisp rhyming text chronicles their misadventures with economy and good humor. Beginning readers can sound out the short, simple sentences as they look for the hidden alien and wonder when he will intervene. Sheep in a Jeep (Houghton, 1986) won the hearts of children more than 20 years ago, and this adventure will win new fans for the series.-Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
In their seventh rhyming outing, the intrepid sheep take a rocket ride into space. The energetic colored-pencil drawings reveal green space-sheep hidden on board; the sheep never see them, but it's the aliens who get their earth brethren back home safe and sound. The somewhat tired formula bounces along as well as it ever has. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Sheep have shopped, hiked, trick-or-treated; now readers find sheep in space! A rocket lands in the middle of the meadow and in no time, "Sheep snoop. Sheep explore. / Sheep climb through the spaceship door." Shaw's familiar, bouncy rhymes are well-matched to the loopy plot, with weightless sheep rolling around inside the ship, and alien sheep (green with antennae that contain extra eyes) coming aboard to help them out of an interplanetary mess. Back home safely in the meadow, the sheep snooze after their adventure on pink bedding under a big tree while the "rocket sheep" blast off. A key feature of Apple's bright colored-pencil illustrations is the hilarious expressiveness of the ovine faces. The team's long-running series continues to entertain, with text happily accessible to even the youngest readers. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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