26th October Hug a Sheep Day

Every last Saturday of October, remember to mark your calendars. It’s a day to celebrate the fuzzy, gentle creatures that have given us so much. 

Whether you’re visiting a farm, knitting with wool, or just spreading the word, it’s all about showing some love to our woolly friends. And who knows? You might just make a sheep’s day a little brighter​​​​.

In the library sheep don't often get much glory unless their books are part of a display about farms or knitting, so this year with most of the library looking like a Halloween celebration, we thought why not?

Many of these books haven't left the library this year so it's their moment to shine.

• The Great Sheep Shenanigans by Peter Bently

• Pete the Sheep by Jackie French

• Elfrida  by Klara Fall

• Shearer by Neridah McMullan

• Baabwaa and Wooliam by David Elliott

• Kevin the Sheep by Jacqueline Harvey

• Where's the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

• Where Will Sleepy Sheep Sleep? by David Metzenthen

• Let Me Sleep Sheep!  by Meg McKinlay

• Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

• The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg by Gemma Merino

• Sheep Won't Sleep  by Judy Cox

• Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton

• The Eleventh Sheep by Kyle Mewburn

• Too Many Sheep by Christina Booth

• Good Enough for a Sheep Station by David Cox

• Baa Baa Blue Sheep by Tony Wilson

• Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset

• It's Time to Sleep,You Crazy Sheep by Alison Ritchie

• Louis I, King of the Sheep by Olivier Tallec

• Sleepy Sheep  by Lucy Ruth Cummins

• Little Bo Peep's Troublesome Sheep by Cressida Cowell

• Flocked by Chren Byng

• Little Lamb  by Piers Harper

 

And some chapter books:

• Lollylegs  by Pamela Freeman

• Sheep School by Ross Montgomery

• A Lamb Called Lucky  by Helen Peters

• Wigglesbottom Primary: the Talking Lamb  by Pamela Butchart

• The Sheep-Pig  by Dick King Smith