Counting Ovejas

By, Sarah Weeks
Illustrated by, David Diaz

This colorful picture book depicts a young boy counting sheep, trying to fall asleep. As the sheep arrive, it becomes more and more difficult to get them to leave. The words to the story are written in English and Spanish.

I love the acrylic and pencil illustrations in this book. The variety of colors make this a beautiful book to look at. I also loved the words are both in Spanish and English, and that the phonetic spelling of the Spanish words are also in the book, making the book easily read by non-Spanish speakers (such as myself). The words in this book are simple and repetitive. I enjoyed that the author uses some less common color words in this book, such as turquoise and violet.