Kevin the Sheep

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Kevin the Sheep

by Jacqueline Harvey

Illustrated by Kate Isobel Scott

Published by Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN 9781761048951

For ages 3 - 7

Popular children's author Jacqueline Harvey's latest book for younger children is full of fun antics as we read about one very different sheep called Kevin.

It is funny, have you ever seen a sheep who had its nails painted purple and preferred straight long hair? This story will get the imagination flowing as readers turn the pages.

Kevin the Sheep is a good fun hard cover picture book, while the story also shows readers we can all just be ourselves and don't necessarily have to fit in with the crowd if we don't want to. It also shows the being different can also help you. When there's trouble one night from a predator in the sheep run, it's Kevin who saves the day. the illustrations highlight the funny story lines with Kevin and his friends, Shaun, Shauna, Sheryl and Shane.

The author

Jacqueline Harvey worked in schools for many years but has had a passion for storytelling since she was a child. She is the author of the popular Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof series, which have sold almost two million copies in Australia alone. In 2022, she released a picture book, That Cat, illustrated by one of her former students, Kate Isobel Scott. Jacqueline's books have received numerous shortlistings and awards, speaks to thousands of young people at schools and festivals around the world, and says the characters in her books are often made up of the best bits of children she's met over the years. While she is not a twin, like Kensy and Max she does have excellent powers of observation and has always thought she'd make a great spy. Jacqueline lives between Sydney, Australia, and Queenstown, New Zealand.

The illustrator

Kate Isobel Scott grew up in a small town in Australia. Once she finished school Kate moved to England to study Illustration at Falmouth University in Cornwall. In 2011 Kate graduated with a BA Honours degree in illustration and moved to London. After a few years of working in London in set design and art department, Kate relocated to The Hague in The Netherlands. Recently Kate has returned to her roots and moved to Melbourne, Australia where she continues to work on both her self-initiated and commissioned animation work

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