Counting Ovejas is a classic story about counting sheep to help a child fall asleep. This book includes the number and color of the sheep in English and Spanish. It is a great introductory book for a student learning a new language. The illustrations are vibrant and keep the readers attention. This book could be used for models of writing because it contains color and number words. It is a great tool for a person learning these words for the first time. ( )

A wonderful bilingual counting book. This story is about a young boy who counts different color sheep to go to sleep. Each line is given in both English and Spanish I would use this story in my classroom to work on colors, numbers, and Spanish. A great book for multiple lessons! ( )

Counting Ovejas is a very adorable bilingual counting book. Not only is this the perfect bedtime story, but it will also help the reader learn to count up to ten in two different languages. In the classroom, this would be a great book to include ELA students and help English speaking students connect with any ELA students in their classroom. It could even be used as an introduction to secondary level Spanish classes.

The illustrations are wonderful and probably my favorite from David Diaz so far. Those are some of the cutest sheep I've ever seen. ( )

It helps the reader learn to count by counting colored sheep. The reader not only learns to count in English but also in Spanish. ( )

Counting Ovejas (2006), written by Sarah Weeks and illustrated by Caldecott and Pura Belpré Medalist David Diaz, is a delightful bilingual book about a little boy who counts sheep as he tries to fall asleep. Children will love the different colors of the sheep, and will enjoy reading about colors and numbers in both English and Spanish (with a pronunciation guide for the Spanish words).

I would use this in my classroom to reinforce colors and numbers in Spanish and English. Grades Pre K-2. ( )