Country Tales: Mountain Lamb, The

Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Day War Came, King of the Sky, LOTS, Tiny, The Promise (winner of the 2014 English Association Picture Book award for best fiction), A First Book of Nature (winner of the Independent Booksellers Best Picture Book), Whale Boy (Blue Peter Book Awards Shortlist 2014) and the Heroes of the Wild series (Portsmouth Book Award 2014). Nicola's children s books from Graffeg include Perfect (2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist), The Pond (2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist), the Shadows and Light series of folk tale-based stories, The Word Bird, Animal Surprises and Into the Blue.

Key Stage: KS2Subject area: Health and Wellbeing, Key themes: Grief, responsibility, social issues in rural communitiesWhen Lolly discovers a tiny orphaned lamb lost on the moor, she convinces her grandfather to let her take responsibility for raising it. As Lolly grows into this new challenge, her experience with the lamb helps her to be brave following the death of her own mother.