Mountain Born

This gentle story of a boy, a lamb, love and loss, is a 1944 Newbery honor book. It is a light, delightful read. ( )

A quiet and well written book about a young boy who grows up alongside pet lamb. Yates develops carefully the growing relationship between Peter and his father, and the steady friendship with an old shepherd. Along the way they meet with danger and heartache. Would work well as a read aloud, but probably too calm to appeal to most children for free reading. As a bonus, the line drawings by Nora Unwin are excellent. (Used as a read aloud for first grade)