References in Which from Our Pretty Lambs We Pull

The Shepherdess, painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, legendary zoophyte. Lambchop, puppet. Lambchop, food. Shepherd’s Pie. Lamb Toys. Counting Sheep. Phrixus and Helle of the Greek myth The Golden Fleece. Rumplestiltskin from the poem of the same name by Anne Sexton. Marie Antoinette as simple shepherdess with Montauciel, sheep famous for going up in a Montgolfier Brother’s hot air balloon as Versailles. Hermes, patron god of flocks, herds, and shepherds. Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Sheep wool and knitting. “Spring” lamb. Lamb nannies. Mary had a little lamb. Mother Goose’s Baa Baa Black Sheep. Lamb and sheep books. The Lamb, literary pub in London. Lamb and sheep poems. Aries Ram constellation. Wolf in sheep’s clothing. Gentle Heart Lamb, Care Bear cartoon character. Buford the Little Bighorn by Bill Peet.