Russell the Sheep

Rob Scotton

Harper contacted me about reviewing this about an aeon ago, and I completely forgot until I stumbled across the email in an inbox-cleaning a few weeks ago. Mea maxima culpa.

Russell the Sheep is an adorable little tale of an insomniac sheep (named, not surprisingly, Russell). The tale itself is nothing special, but the illustrations are fantastic. Scotton has worked in a number of wonderful little details that will amuse both kids and the parents reading this to them, topping the whole thing off with a wonderfully calming color scheme. This is fun stuff, and highly recommended if you've got little ones around the house. Or, actually, if you don't.