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21) Coyote Cry
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Pub. Date
[1972]
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When a coyote steals one of his collie's pups to raise, a shepherd boy learns that wild creatures must follow their instincts.
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"Yeshua of Nazareth has two sisters: Damaris, married to a wealthy merchant's son, and Pheodora, married to a simple shepherd from Bethlehem. When Pheodora's husband suffers an unexpected reversal of fortune and is thrown into debtor's prison, she returns to Nazareth, where she pins her hopes on two she-goats who should give birth to spotless white kids that would be perfect for the upcoming Yom Kippur sacrifice. In the eighteen months between the...
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Pub. Date
2005
Description
At Borough Farm, on North Devon's rugged, spectacular coast, David Kennard and his dogs are embarking on a new shepherding year. Part diary, part Herriot-like homage to the countryside and its characters, this book is a portrait of a real life. Kennard presents twelve months with his working sheepdogs as they face a never-ending series of challenges: from rescuing ewes stranded on the Atlantic cliffs to running the gauntlet of psychopathic rams and...
26) The loner
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Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The story about a lonely boy who has no home or family. Then people befriend him, give him a name, an identity--everything he has ever longed for, but will it last?
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20160628
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Sheepherders' carvings are now a dying art, and many authorities feel that the now deceased Pacomio Martinez Chacon was the grandmaster of aspen tree and cliff drawings. "Paco" Chacon has been designated as a master folk artist by the Colorado Council for the Rocky Mountain Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service. This book is the story of both the man and his work, as well as the story of aspen carvings by sheepherders in the American West. This...
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[2022]
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Introduces young readers to the story of Aesop and his fables, explores the concept of a fable, presents Aesop's The hare and the tortoise in its entirety, and highlights some of the important lessons that can be learned from this particular fable. Includes QR codes that provide access to book-specific resources for further learning.
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[2022]
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Introduces young readers to the story of Aesop and his fables, explores the concept of a fable, presents Aesop's The hare and the tortoise in its entirety, and highlights some of the important lessons that can be learned from this particular fable. Includes QR codes that provide access to book-specific resources for further learning.
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2015.
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Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's 'The Dales', living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons and her animals. She is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living alongside her husband Clive and seven children at Ravenseat, a 2000 acre sheep hill farm at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. In 'The Yorkshire Shepherdess' she describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted...
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Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Amani longs to be a shepherd like her grandfather, Seedo. Like many Palestinians, her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead for generations, and she has been steeped in Seedo's stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos--and the wolf that once showed him the path there.
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Pub. Date
[2015].
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Raised by her aunt and uncle amidst the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside, young orphan Virginia Tacci has always harbored a deep love for horses--though she knows she may never have the chance to ride. As a shepherdess in sixteenth-century Italy, Virginia's possibilities are doubly limited by her peasant class and her gender. Yet while she tends her flock, Virginia is captivated by the daring equestrian feats of the high-spirited Isabella De'...
35) Once a shepherd
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Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Enjoying a peaceful life tending lambs and preparing wool with his sweetheart, a gentle shepherd must leave his family to fight in World War I, during which he endures heartbreaking violence and losses.
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[2012]
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Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range, tending to a flock of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature, from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the guardian animals, big dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary, that repeatedly prove their worth in their devotion to protecting the flock. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around...
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2021.
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"In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey,...
38) The Wodden Canvas: arborglyphs as reflections of Hispano life along the Pine-Piedra stock driveway
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2014
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Names, dates and drawings adorn many aspen trees in the San Juan Mountains, bearing witness to Hispano sheepherders' annual treks to and from the high country with thier flocks. The wooden canvas Ruth Lambert describes the history and traditions behind these carvings, known as arborglyphs, and why they are more than just art on a living canvas. .
39) El niǫ pastor
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Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As a young Navajo boy brings his family's sheep home one evening, he discovers one is missing and sets out to rescue it before nightfall.
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©2007
Description
Wolfkiller is the remarkable life story of a Navajo herdsman and plant-gatherer who lived in the Monument Valley region of Navajo country, along the Utah/Arizona border, from about 1855 until 1926. Raised by his grandfather and mother, Wolfkiller learned the ancient wisdom of his people. He grew up seeing the beauty in nature and discovering how to face the wind, storms, cold, and even death with optimism and courage. Through his embrace of the natural...