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Can I read Once a Shepherd on EtoBox?
Once a Shepherd by Glenda Millard; Phil Lesnie is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Once a Shepherd about?
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 Toms 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 sheeps 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.
Who reads Once a Shepherd?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Glenda Millard; Phil Lesnie
- Publisher
- Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780763674588
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Children'S, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (47 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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