Where Is the Green Sheep?: questions to ask and activities to try
Here is the blue sheep and here is the bath sheep, but where is the green sheep? Mem Fox and Judy Horacek’s rhyming picture book is a funny hunt full of colours and opposites for toddlers.
What age is it for? Where Is the Green Sheep? is best for ages 1–4. Good for: Colours, opposites and a gentle search that ends at bedtime.
Where Is the Green Sheep? (Mem Fox and Judy Horacek)
- Age
- 1-4
- Best for
- Colours, opposites and a gentle search that ends at bedtime
Read it with a sing-song rhythm and let your child say "But where is the green sheep?" each time. Point to the sheep and name what each one is doing.
What it helps with
- Colours
- Opposites like near and far, up and down
- Joining in with a repeated question
- Winding down at bedtime
Comprehension and discussion questions
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “Which sheep did you like best?”
- “What colour was that sheep?”
- “What was the bath sheep doing?”
- “Where do you think the green sheep was hiding?”
- “Why was the green sheep so hard to find?”
- “What kind of sheep would you be?”
5-minute activities to try together
Colour hunt
Choose a colour and look around the room for three things that colour, just like the colourful sheep.
Make a sheep
Draw a sheep doing something silly, like a dancing sheep or a cake sheep, and give it a name.
Free printables: Where Is the Green Sheep? worksheet and activity pack
This book’s one-page worksheet with the questions and activities above, plus our activity pack: printable scenario cards, three 5-minute activities and a “What could I try?” page for practising everyday skills together. Enter your email and download them straight away.
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- Best for
- Colours, animals and joining in with repeated words
- Age
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- Best for
- Winding down at bedtime, and settling to sleep
- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 17 October 2026
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