Once a ShepherdOnce a Shepherd

"Here is the tale of Tom Shepherd, tending his lambs and shearing their fleece and wooing his sweetheart, who weaves the lambs' wool to make him a coat. But then the Great War comes, and Tom must leave his beloved wife and 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 hope for peace."--Jacket flap.