El Rebaño - Hardcover

by Margarita del Mazo (Author), Guridi Guridi (Illustrator)

Being part of a flock is easy, you just have to do what the others do. But when Sheep Four decides not to follow the others, how will Miguel, the boy counting sheep, get to sleep?

Ser parte de un rebaño es fácil, solo hay que hacer lo que hace el resto. Pero la oveja Cuatro se aburre y decide no seguir a las demás. Podrá dormir Miguel, el niño que las cuenta al irse a la cama?

Being a sheep is easy. All they have to do is graze, snooze and help people fall asleep now and again. Every person is assigned their own personal flock... The drill is always the same, first Sheep one jumps over the fence, then Sheep two followed by Sheep three and so forth.

When a little boy called Mike can't sleep one night, he starts to count his personal flock.. Sheep One, Sheep Two, Sheep Three... but then something strange happens... Sheep four doesn't want to jump!How will Mike be able to get to sleep now?
A Miguel le cuesta dormir. Cada noche cuenta ovejas que saltan una valla. Primero salta la oveja Una, luego Dos, Tres y así hasta que Miguel se duerme.
Pero una noche, la oveja Cuatro dice que está cansada de saltar. " No! No! Y no!", grita cuando la intentan convencer. Qué pueden hacer las demás ovejas del rebaño?

Author Biography

Margarita del Mazo is a writer and storyteller who is greatly admired in Spain. She has almost
twenty books to her name, many of which have been translated into other
languages. Among them are the bestsellers Camuñas and The Flock (El rebaño in Spanish), winning the Madrid Booksellers Guild Award and the Miami
Cuatrogatos Foundation Award for best illustrated children's book.

Guridi is an artist from Sevilla (Spain). Since 1995, he's worked and
experimented professionally almost every aspect of design, image and
advertisement. 
He's published over seventy books.
 His work is highly
valued in Spain, while also being recognized abroad. His books have been
published in USA, France, Germany, Italy, Libano...
 He currently combines
his work as teacher with his career as a children's book illustrator.