Mountain Born

Mountain Born
by Elizabeth Yates

Mountain Born
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Author: Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator: Nora Spicer Unwin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-09
ISBN: 0890847061
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: JourneyForth

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Book Review: We loved it
Summary: 5 Stars

This book was read as part of our curriculum. It honestly is not one I would have chosen for my son, who usually picks more adventure stories. The content involves a boy, Peter, who lived in the past (specific dates not given in the book), in a remote mountainous area, on the outskirts of a village apparently. Peter's family is a farming family, primarily involved in raising sheep. The entire story revolves around Peter and his relationship with his cosset, Biddy. Now my own son is a city boy who has never been really close to a sheep honestly, and the farming life is completely unknown to him. He is drawn to action-packed tales of detectives, robots and sci-fi adventures. So you can guess I was hesitant about this book. However, the simple story of a boy and his pet easily transcended the differences between Zach and Peter, and Zach sat enthralled day after day as we read this book aloud together. By the end, he was begging for more about Peter, and we did read the sequel, "A Place for Peter," finding it in library storage. The language in this book can be challenging, and so can the syntax at times, being written a while ago. However, reading it together, my son had no trouble overcoming that, relating to Peter easily and gaining some new vocabulary in the process.

Summary of Mountain Born

There were boulders at the top and he picked his way carefully among them. Suddenly he stopped still, gripping a rock and flattening himself against it. Not ten paces from him was a gray wolf, and around her four well-grown cubs were playing--prettily, if anything that spelt such horror could be pretty. His hands felt like ice on the rock.

Wolves, weather, a black lamb, a trusty dog--all are part of Peter's life on a mountain farm. His best friend is Benj, a wise old shepherd, and Benj teaches him to care for the sprightly lamb that becomes his own special pet, his cosset. As Biddy grows into her place as leader of the flock, Peter grows too, learning the skills and joys of the shepherd's life.

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