Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machine

K-Gr 2—A herd of sheep stumbles upon an airshow and inadvertently takes off in a plane. After initial confusion, they discover they like flying, and they decide to travel and see the world. Following a series of adventures—in Tibet, they run from a Yeti; a maharajah in India thinks, "Mutton curry;" and a log in a Florida swamp "wants something to chomp"—they decide to head home to their pasture. They leap out, and the befuddle pilot sees his empty plane, no thieves in sight—only sheep, munching away. The rhymes flow well, and the text swoops and swerves with the motion of the plane. Illustrations bring to mind the 1920s and include the heavy use of patterns on people's clothes and faraway landscapes. However, the best part of the pictures are the expressions on the woolly white faces of the sheep, particularly on the cover. They look positively blissful—flying clearly agrees with them.—Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA