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Once A Shepherd
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 DescriptionIn 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
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. |
