The Baabaasheep Quartet

Steve Pitt is a Toronto-based freelance writer and an award-winning journalist. He has written many young adult and children's books, including Day of the Flying Fox: The True Story of World War II Pilot Charley Fox.

Things appear to be going from baaaaaad to worse when four country sheep
decide to move to the big city for their retirement. They redecorate
their fancy apartment, eat in all the best restaurants, patronize the
fine arts, learn to lawn bowl, and do charity work. But try as they
might, they just can’t seem to find acceptance by their human
neighbours. The four muttonheads are ready to give up and go home when
one of them finds a wind-blown poster advertising a Baabaasheep Quartet
singing contest. Thinking this would be a marvellous opportunity to meet
the other sheep in the city, they sign up to compete. After lots of
practice, they put on their best suits and take a taxi to the contest.
To their horror, they discover that they misread the poster: they’ve
actually entered a Barbershop Quartet singing contest and, once again,
they are about to look sheepish.

Author/illustrator Leslie Elizabeth Watts has already established a
loyal readership with books like You Can’t Rush a Cat and Princess
Stinky-Toes. In this new book, she has possibly topped herself by
combining prose rife with charming silliness and high-realism
illustrations that make the reader forget that sheep walking around in
fancy evening wear are not exactly normal. The Baabaasheep Quartet is a
funny story with lots of visual gags that will delight readers of all
ages. Highly recommended.