Nimitz can't sleep a wink, and so she decides to count sheep to help her fall asleep. One by one, the sheep jump over her bed and Nimitz counts them until she discovers that the 108th sheep is stuck. Luckily, Nimitz has a plan to save the night! A lavish, dreamy bedtime story, with a fantastic pull-out page so that sleepy heads can help Nimitz count up all the sheep in the story! How many will they count before falling asleep, too?

 

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Ayano Imai was born in England in 1980, but left at the age of seven to live in Japan. She studied Japanese painting at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. The 108th Sheep is Ayano's first children's book and she uses a mixture of watercolour and pencil to achieve the soft lines.