Once a Shepherd

(Hardback)

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"Once there was a shepherd, a very special coat - and hope." A moving tale that will help grandparents connect personal experiences of war with young children.

Reviews

A book that offers more with every reading. -- The Bottom Shelf * The Bottom Shelf *
This is a tragic story for very young children to read or hear but it is so beautifully told, in a finely designed and finished publication. -- Reading Time * Reading Time *
Just as Millard weaves, so too does Lesnie with details like the little boys flower garland echoing the strands of barbed wire in the picture of the trenches. -- Susan Stephenson * Book Chook *
Not shying away from the sadness of death, and the loss during war, this uplifting book treads carefully and well in its subject matter of death and the circle of life continuing. * Children's Book Council of Australia *
Taken together, the folkloric simplicity of the text and the quiet beauty of the illustrations pack a powerful punch for those families that wantor needto confront wartime violence with their little ones. * Kirkus *

Author Bio

Glenda Millard was born in the Goldfields region of Central Victoria and has lived in the area all her life. It wasnt until Glenda's four children became teenagers that she began to write in her spare time. She has been writing full-time since 1999 and has published several books for children. Her first book with Walker Books Australia, Isabellas Garden, has been awarded Honour Book in the Picture Book of the Year category in the 2010 Childrens Book Council of Australia Awards, and has won a Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award, Best Book for Language Development, Lower Primary Category (5-8 years), 2010; and short-listed the Queensland Premiers Literary Awards Childrens Book Mary Ryan Award, 2010.

Phil Lesnie was born in 1985, the same year The Goonies was released. In Year 6, he learned that some people make a living by drawing X-Men, and he has pursued this sort of living in some form ever since. He currently lives in Sydney with his lovely great big horrible black cat. He is the illustrator of Once A Shepherd (written by Glenda Millard), which was named Notable Book by the CBCA, shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year and listed on the United States Board on Books for Young Outstanding International Books list.