A friend of mine has family in Denmark, and she brought back this little novelty book that came from Iceland. It has great illustrations and is silly and funny, and very imaginative.
The tone of the book is set right away by the cover and title page. I took a photo of the title page, and here is its caption, in case it’s unreadable in the photo, “Because of their herding instinct, they find it very hard to resist a conga line.”
The book starts out with a more-or-less straightforward history of how sheep got to Iceland and of Icelandic sheep-keeping details, but then it just becomes silly and full of puns, with great illustrations. Perfect for a lighthearted quarter hour of reading.
I jumped into this book from a great pile of tomes I accumulated for my A Century of Books project. In fact, I interrupted my reading of Angle of Repose because I was so behind in my number of books read (I usually am reading at least 20 books ahead of my blog, and I was only in at about 13) that I wanted to dash something off and also relax. Angle of Repose is good but for some reason I kept getting distracted from it, so it took me more than a week—an unheard-of rate for fiction, even at 600+ pages.
The bad news about this book is that from the U. S. I ended up ordering it from Iceland! I assume my friend got it in Denmark, so maybe European readers will be able to find it. Anyway, it’s a hoot! I’m categorizing it as children’s literature, because I have no other suitable place for it, but I think it is probably just as funny for adults. Maybe even more so.
What? Me Read? 
Haha, I love the conga line illustration! 🐑 🐑 🐑
It’s really a cute and funny book.
This does look gorgeous, I’ll keep an eye out for it!
I hope you can find it!