Rhyming text suggests other options when one tries to count sheep but discovers that they are all asleep.

Red fox and little dormouse are best friends who love to play in the forest. As winter comes and dormouse gets sleepy, fox tries to think of ways to keep mouse awake.

All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.

A child counts sheep and other animals in multiples of two, three, four, and five before falling asleep.

Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.

A book about friendship, new beginnings and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

A sheep wants nothing but to go to sleep in the big red barn on the farm, but each time he closes his eyes, another animal moos or neighs or peeps to come in.

It is very hot in the jungle and suddenly a nice breeze arrives. The jaguar wants to take a siesta. Just then he saw a coati and said,"Could you do me a big favor? Could you wake me up in exactly 10 minutes?" The coati wanted a siesta too, and asked the cockatiel to wake him up in exactly 10 minutes ... -- Amazon.com.

Restless Sam spends his naptime with the wild animals that leap off the pages of his favorite storybook.

Counting regular ovejas makes a little girl bored, not sleepy, so instead she counts mischievous sheep--but will that solve her problem? Una ovejita, dos ovejitas, tres... ¿Cuántas harán falta para que dejemos de contar?