Glenda Millard was born in the Goldfields region of Central
Victoria and has lived in the area all her life. It wasn’t until
Glenda's four children became teenagers that she began to write in
her spare time. She has been writing full-time since 1999 and has
published several books for children. Her first book with Walker
Books Australia, Isabella’s Garden, has been awarded Honour Book in
the Picture Book of the Year category in the 2010 Children’s Book
Council of Australia Awards, and has won a Speech Pathology
Australia Book of the Year Award, Best Book for Language
Development, Lower Primary Category (5-8 years), 2010; and
short-listed the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Children’s
Book – Mary Ryan Award, 2010.
Phil Lesnie was born in 1985, the same year The Goonies was
released. In Year 6, he learned that some people make a living by
drawing X-Men, and he has pursued this sort of living in some form
ever since. He currently lives in Sydney with his lovely great big
horrible black cat. He is the illustrator of Once A Shepherd
(written by Glenda Millard), which was named Notable Book by the
CBCA, shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the
Year and listed on the United States Board on Books for Young
Outstanding International Books list.
A book that offers more with every reading.
*The Bottom Shelf*
This is a tragic story for very young children to read or hear but
it is so beautifully told, in a finely designed and finished
publication.
*Reading Time*
Just as Millard weaves, so too does Lesnie with details like the
little boy’s flower garland echoing the strands of barbed wire in
the picture of the trenches.
*Book Chook*
Not shying away from the sadness of death, and the loss during war,
this uplifting book treads carefully and well in its subject matter
of death and the circle of life continuing.
*Children's Book Council of Australia*
Taken together, the folkloric simplicity of the text and the quiet
beauty of the illustrations pack a powerful punch for those
families that want—or need—to confront wartime violence with their
little ones.
*Kirkus*
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