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Ten Wishing Stars: A Countdown to Bedtime Book
A countdown to bedtime book follows ten sweet little sheep at bedtime as they gaze up at the night sky, each wishing upon their very own wishing star, and each little sheep's wish comes true until only one wish is left.
18 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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August 31, 2020
The story is boring enough for winddown, my 11 month old son is obsessed with this book and always asks for it because he enjoys poking his fingers in the holes. The grammar is a bit iffy for 'now there's 7', and the penultimate page throws me off 'now there's just... one wishing star (that) shines on the sheep tonight' - I add 'that' in so it makes sense. It says the stars glow but why? I haven't taken the time to charge the stars and I don't read it in extremely low light so I haven't noticed.
August 9, 2019
Cute, great for bed time.
November 13, 2012
Age: Early Childhood/ Preschool
Genre: Picture Book/Fiction
Main Characters: A flock of ten sheep (no names are given to the sheep since it is a counting book).
Setting: The setting is in a field during the night time.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Ten Wishing Stars is a great countdown to bedtime book. The numbers used are one through ten. There are ten sheep and ten stars in the sky (the stars actually are 3-D and glow in the dark!) Each sheep wishes upon a star until the last sheep wishes on the last star. The last sheep wishes for the flock of sheep to sleep nice and tight while all the other sheep wished for materialistic items such as a big red hat, chocolate cake, roller skates, violin, soccer ball, juggling balls, speedy bike, and to fly. All of the sheep’s wishes do come true. The last sentence in the story says, “Their wishes were made. And you should too! Turn out the light and make your dreams come true!” (22).
I would use Ten Wishing Stars in a Pre-K to Kindergarten classroom to teach numbers one through ten since it is a counting book. Students can follow along with the flow of the book since the sentences are repetitious and say what number should come next before I turn the page. The themes of this book are early learning bedtime, sleep, dreams, and counting numbers.
Genre: Picture Book/Fiction
Main Characters: A flock of ten sheep (no names are given to the sheep since it is a counting book).
Setting: The setting is in a field during the night time.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Ten Wishing Stars is a great countdown to bedtime book. The numbers used are one through ten. There are ten sheep and ten stars in the sky (the stars actually are 3-D and glow in the dark!) Each sheep wishes upon a star until the last sheep wishes on the last star. The last sheep wishes for the flock of sheep to sleep nice and tight while all the other sheep wished for materialistic items such as a big red hat, chocolate cake, roller skates, violin, soccer ball, juggling balls, speedy bike, and to fly. All of the sheep’s wishes do come true. The last sentence in the story says, “Their wishes were made. And you should too! Turn out the light and make your dreams come true!” (22).
I would use Ten Wishing Stars in a Pre-K to Kindergarten classroom to teach numbers one through ten since it is a counting book. Students can follow along with the flow of the book since the sentences are repetitious and say what number should come next before I turn the page. The themes of this book are early learning bedtime, sleep, dreams, and counting numbers.
November 15, 2012
Grades: Pre K-K
Genre: Picture Book/Information
Main Characters: A flock of ten sheep (no names are given to the sheep since it is a counting book).
Setting: The setting is in a field during the night time.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Ten Wishing Stars is a great countdown to bedtime book. The numbers used are one through ten. There are ten sheep and ten stars in the sky (the stars actually are 3-D and glow in the dark!) Each sheep wishes upon a star until the last sheep wishes on the last star. The last sheep wishes for the flock of sheep to sleep nice and tight while all the other sheep wished for materialistic items such as a big red hat, chocolate cake, roller skates, violin, soccer ball, juggling balls, speedy bike, and to fly. All of the sheep’s wishes do come true.
I would use Ten Wishing Stars in a Pre-K to Kindergarten classroom to teach numbers one through ten. It is a counting book. Students can follow along with the flow of the book since the sentences are repetitious and say what number should come next before I turn the page. The themes of this book are early learning bedtime, sleep, dreams, and counting numbers. Great book i really recommend especially for a math lesson.
Genre: Picture Book/Information
Main Characters: A flock of ten sheep (no names are given to the sheep since it is a counting book).
Setting: The setting is in a field during the night time.
POV: The point of view is from a narrator’s perspective.
Ten Wishing Stars is a great countdown to bedtime book. The numbers used are one through ten. There are ten sheep and ten stars in the sky (the stars actually are 3-D and glow in the dark!) Each sheep wishes upon a star until the last sheep wishes on the last star. The last sheep wishes for the flock of sheep to sleep nice and tight while all the other sheep wished for materialistic items such as a big red hat, chocolate cake, roller skates, violin, soccer ball, juggling balls, speedy bike, and to fly. All of the sheep’s wishes do come true.
I would use Ten Wishing Stars in a Pre-K to Kindergarten classroom to teach numbers one through ten. It is a counting book. Students can follow along with the flow of the book since the sentences are repetitious and say what number should come next before I turn the page. The themes of this book are early learning bedtime, sleep, dreams, and counting numbers. Great book i really recommend especially for a math lesson.
November 5, 2008
This is one of the first books I read to Alex. I started reading to him the day I brought him home from the hospital. This book always calmed him down. He pulled this book off the shelf the other day and said "Can we read the sheep book? I like this book." It made me smile thinking that after three years, he still loves this book.
April 17, 2012
My "nephews" asked me to read this to them twice while we were on vacation and they LOVED it. :)
December 19, 2014
Great bedtime book with glow in the dark stars that disappear as the pages are turned.
January 6, 2018
This was better than I expected! I mean, the sheep do some weird shit that I don’t get, but the way a 3D star disappears on each page allows (encourages?) kids to count down from ten. Plus each page rhymes with the number of the stars on the next page.
Anyways... I’ll see if I can improve my reviews as I continue this (average of a) picture book a day thing, but basically, this got 4 stars because my 3 year old niece Madelyn really enjoyed it. The counting and the rhyming was good. The sheep were dumb.
Anyways... I’ll see if I can improve my reviews as I continue this (average of a) picture book a day thing, but basically, this got 4 stars because my 3 year old niece Madelyn really enjoyed it. The counting and the rhyming was good. The sheep were dumb.
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