They’re weird. They’re unusual. They have four horns and shaggy red fur. And they haven’t changed in hundreds, even thousands of years! They’re the originals–animals that, unlike their barnyard relatives, never evolved from their primitive states. Come meet the four-horned Hebridean sheep, brought to Scotland by Viking raiders, the tiny Exmoor ponies that roam the fog-filled moors of England, and the rest of these modern ancients. Jane Yolen’s childlike story poems and Ted Lewin’s light-infused water-color illustrations capture all the mystique of these remarkable animals.
- ISBN: 9780399230073
- Author: Yolen, Jane
- Illustrator: Lewin, Ted
- Published: 1998 , Philomel Books
- Themes: Animals, evolution, History
- Descriptors: International, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 31