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.
Featured in WOW Review Volume X, Issue 2.
- ISBN: 9780763674588
- Author: Millard, Glenda
- Illustrator: Lesnie, Phil
- Published: 2014 , Candlewick Press
- Themes: Hope, Peace, Sheep, shepherd, Soldiers, World War I
- Descriptors: Australia, Awards, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction
- No. of pages: 32