Unsurprisingly, two of my favorite past-times are knitting and reading. A perfect stormy day in the Pacific Northwest combines the two – I can knit while listening to an audiobook!
This rainy weekend, I spent a little time not knitting, but reading about fans of my two favorite past-times.
Baabwaa & Wooliam, written by David Elliott and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, is an amusing tale that shows the power of story.
Publisher’s Summary: Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read. It sounds a bit boring, but they like it. Then, quite unexpectedly, a third sheep shows up. A funny-looking sheep who wears a tattered wool coat and has long, dreadfully decaying teeth. Wooliam, being well-read, recognizes their new acquaintance: the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing! The wolf is so flattered to discover his literary reputation precedes him that he stops trying to eat Baabwaa and Wooliam. And a discovery by the sheep turns the encounter into an unexpected friendship.
The book is funny, and, in this time of entrenched beliefs opposite sides of a great chasm, it offers an intelligent way to bridge the gap.
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