The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg

K-Gr 2—Lola is a chic sheep who grooms her wool into shiny, silky, untangled perfection. She receives admiring glances from the other animals as she sashays around the farmyard. When Lola's fleece is shorn in the spring, her sense of self is shattered. Feeling ridiculous without her lustrous locks, she decides to head to the far side of the hill and hide. Lola's wool grows back but in a wild, shaggy, messy manner. Gazing at her new hairdo, broken comb by her side, Lola wails, "It's HORRIBLE!" In her vexed state, she doesn't notice a small blue egg fall out of its nest and land snuggly on her thick woolly head. A brightly feathered chick hatches, and a sweet friendship is formed. The bird thinks Lola's unruly, curly mane is wonderful, and Merino's charming watercolor illustrations show tender scenes of Lola lovingly sheltering her little pal from the rain. Lola returns to the farm wiser, content in knowing that "she didn't look perfect, but it didn't matter."