Episode 412 - Sheep in a Jeep and Sheep in a Shop

About this episode

Betsy Bird and Kate Atienza discuss the classic children's books 'Sheep in a Jeep' and 'Sheep in a Shop' by Nancy Shaw, evaluating their status in modern literature.

Rambunctious? Bumbling? It's hard to typify the sheep in this Nancy Shaw series (though their publisher has certainly tried over the years). The darlings of the 80s and 90s, "Sheep" appreciation has depreciated significantly over the intervening decades. Today, Kate and I delve into two of the most notable of the sheep book to truly declare whether they deserve a bit of classic status to keep them in the mix, or to be discounted and forgotten to the sands of time. As it happens, it's an ALLLLL Michigan episode here today (Kate, myself, Nancy, and Margot all hail from there). For the full Show Notes please visit: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/08/fuse-8-n-kate-sheep-in-a-jeep-and-sheep-in-a-shop-by-nancy-shaw-ill-margot-apple/

People in this episode

Hosts: Betsy Bird, Kate Atienza

Topics covered

• children's literature
• book review
• classic status
• sheep books
• Nancy Shaw

Keywords

• Sheep in a Jeep
• Sheep in a Shop
• Nancy Shaw
• children's books
• book review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sheep in a Jeep, Sheep in a Shop

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