In poignant verse, the story of one young shepherd makes the experience of soldiers in World War I accessible to children.
Once there sang a carefree shepherd
In a field of emerald green . . .
Once his world was all at peace.
Here is the tale of Tom Shepherd, tending his lambs and shearing their fleece and wooing his sweetheart, who weaves the sheep’s wool to make him a coat. But then the Great War comes, and Tom must leave his beloved wife and his unborn child and go off to fight. In a moving, sobering story that resolves in a heartbreaking but beautiful ending, Once a Shepherd evokes the reality of war in a way young children can understand, while fostering a deep-felt hope for peace.
- ISBN10 192172062X
- ISBN13 9781921720628
- Publish Date 1 October 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Walker Books Australia
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English