This book uses wonderful words and pictures to describe the escapades of 5 hapless sheep. My girls and I think that the sheep are hilarious. I think the rhyme is creative and has an interesting cadence that makes you think about the words. It does not lull you into numbness like Suess. The concepts are also a bit more complex than other early books. (i.e. selling the jeep "cheap") It is a good addition to the library of the 2+ crowd.