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Millard, Glenda

Once a Shepherd

24 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7458-8 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Phil Lesnie. At the start of this Australia-set story, shepherd Tom and his new wife, Cherry, are happy. Then Tom is sent to fight in WWI and killed. A stranger (presumably "the enemy") returns Tom's coat, which Cherry had made with wool from Tom's sheep; now she uses the material to make a toy lamb for Tom's baby. The gentle watercolors soften this bittersweet, somewhat sophisticated rhyming story.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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