One Smart Sheep

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It takes one smart sheep to escape from a piano moversvan and find his way home in this humorous friendship story for emerging and newly independent readers by beloved, award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and coauthor Elizabeth Stickney.

Wilson is a curious sheep, and afterhe foolishly climbs into the back of apiano movers’ truck, heends up alone in the big city, far from the farm. But Wilson is also one smart sheep, and soon enough he’s finding his wayhome to his worried owner by recognizing the sounds that he heard while he was trapped in the trucka jackhammer, a calliope, a hotdog man.

And could that be the excited barking of hisfriend Tippy, the border collie?

This lighthearted story about loyalty, problem solving, friendship, and independence is divided into short, action-packed chapters and has the cozy feel of a modern classic.