Young Reader Reaction: My daughter loved this book in part because she is so familiar with the rhyme. She liked being able to say the rhyme while I read the book and enjoyed seeing the pictures that went with it. This is a book she asked to read again.

Pros: Children will enjoy reciting this familiar nursery rhyme and looking at how it is illustrated. For some, it will introduce more verses than what they're used to.

Read our full review and add yours at The Reading Tub®.

This book uses the classic nursery rhyme of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" as a starting point for the book about the relationship between people and their pets and animals in general. The lamb tries to follow Mary to school one day, but is removed from the classroom by the teacher and laughed at by the children. Persistent, the lamb waits outside Mary's school all day for her. The end of the book shows the other children and the animals they love as well. The central issue here is friendship and respect. This book would be appropriate in Pre-k - 2nd grade classrooms, especially with lessons that correspond to the natural environment or community.

Genre
Nursery rhymes
Picture books for children
Poetry
Subject
Children and animals
Girls
Lamps
Sheep