Synopses & Reviews
Living in an apartment building can sometimes mean sharing walls with a host of characters and#151; but what about with crocodiles, elephants, and bears? Much to her delight, this is the motley crew that one little girl finds herself living amongst.
Her parents, however, find all their new neighbors to be a little strange. While the little girl is enjoying the saxophone music her friendly dog neighbor plays, her parents bemoan the hair he leaves all over the stairs. When the little girl is grateful for the car wash her helpful elephant neighbors provide, her parents complain of the size of their sheets on the clothesline.
It turns out the girl's parents have a good reason to look down on everyone and#151; they're giraffes! Fed up with their unconventional neighbors, these stuck-up parents decide to move away. But the girl vows to return to live in the building again once she grows up, which is a decision her neighbors don't find strange at all!
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Praise for
Little Lamb, Have You Any Wool?:"A charming study in cooperation."
and#151; Kirkus Reviews
Review
Stylish and understated, this argument for tolerance is a welcome one-just like that saxaphone-playing dog.
Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW, February 15, 2013
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IRA Notable Book for a Global Society (2014)
"Stylish and understated, this argument for tolerance is a welcome one-just like that saxophone-playing dog."
and#8212; Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Lively and bold artwork complements a story line that celebrates the chaos of urban living and the inherent tolerance of children."
and#8212;and#160;ForeWord Reviews
"Matoso's blocky images and in-your-face red-and-blue palette give the book an ultrahip aesthetic, complete with quirky neighbors, tattooed movers, and badminton-playing elephants."
and#8212;and#160;Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Isabel Minhand#243;s Martins is the author of
When I Was Born and
Little Lamb, Have You Any Wool? She is also the co-founder of Planeta Tangerina, a Portuguese publisher of innovative children's books. She lives in Lisbon, Portugal.
Madalena Matoso studied communication design at Lisbon College of Fine Arts and completed a postgraduate degree in graphic editorial design at the Faculty of Fine Arts Barcelona. She is a prolific illustrator of children's books and lives in Lisbon, Portugal.