shepherds

While looking for Kivsa, his lame sheep, Benjamin misses the wonderous announcement that the angels make to the other shepherds near Bethlehem, but it is Kivsa who leads him to the newborn king.

"Tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different--and far more satisfying--than he ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of a lonely man in southeastern France whose lifetime work is the planting of one hundred acorns.

A story about a young shepherd who goes off to fight in World War I helps young children understand the reality of war.

"George the sheep has serious worries: whenever it starts to rain, he begins to shrink. Even the vet is stumped. Finally George's ingenious shepherd takes matters into his own hands. And his little sheep is not disappointed"--Back cover.

The author recalls his experience as a shepherd's apprentice in the Austrian Alps in order to learn about anti-Semites in Austria and to understand how shepherd Hans Breuer, who once fought Nazis in Vienna, became a wandering shepherd.

Brings the countryside and folklore of southern France bursting to life.

A flock of sheep living on a hillside near the Irish village of Glennkill, regularly exposed to literature by their shepherd George, feel well-equipped to investigate murder after they find George dead--pinned to the ground with a spade.

When Kamau cannot afford to pay his school fees, he finds work tending Mr. Fletcher's sheep, which are being killed by a hungry lion.

A shepherd boy follows a lost sheep to the secret lake in which the moon bathes, but greedy townspeople soon learn that its banks are encrusted with silver, gold, and precious jewels.