From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Sour Grape, comes a story featuring Sleepy Sheepy and his very first sleepover!
Lucy Ruth Cummins Book order






- 2024
- 2024
From the best-selling creator of STUMPKIN and OUR POOL comes an intergalactic tale of boy meets dog (kinda).
- 2023
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Sleepy Sheepy, who despite his name is not sleepy
- 2023
On a hot day, people come from all over the city to spend the day at the pool in this joyful picture book that’s a love song to summer, the city, community, and staying cool! Today is a pool day in the city! The sun is shining, so what are you waiting for? Friends and family. Kids and grandparents. Big bodies and small bodies. Everybody is welcome at our pool! Get ready for swimming and splashing, zigzagging and dunking, and racing and laughing.
- 2021
Vampenguin
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a charming, wryly humorous story of adventure, mistaken identity, and a vampire family's day at the zoo.
- 2018
From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern. Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He’s as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! He’s perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern. There’s just one problem—Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window. As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?
- 2016
A Hungry Lion, or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
In a whimsical tale, a diverse group of animals, featuring a penguin, two rabbits, and a koala, mysteriously vanishes, leaving only a hungry lion behind. The story unfolds as the remaining characters navigate the tension and uncertainty surrounding their friends' disappearances, exploring themes of friendship, survival, and the dynamics of predator and prey. This engaging narrative promises humor and suspense while inviting readers to ponder the fate of the missing animals.