Shadow the Sheepdog

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Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.

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It so happens that I read this book quite recently, so I can definitely say it is not in the book (and it is a fairly early edition). I must save that so I can read it later on. (I'm at a library, and I tend not to actually read things there, where time is often short.) Wzruszająca opowieść (chociaż bez fabuły) o życiu na farmie z perspektywy psa. Bardzo dobrze opisane etapy nauki do przygotowania do życia przy pilnowaniu owiec szczeniaka o imieniu "Shadow". Cudowny psiak i bardzo inteligentny, od razu przypada do serca każdemu miłośnikowi zwierząt.

As the title states, this story is about Shadow, a sheep dog, born on the farm from one of the other sheep dogs. Her name was Jessie and she had three pups, two were sold, and the third was also sold, but kept returning to the farm, and so the son of the farmer, a boy called Johnny was allowed to keep the pup, providing the dog worked for his living, as did the other dogs on the farm.

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Yes...I make the same observation in my article in the Summer Journal. I am sure Enid was inspired by the Lassie films/books when she wrote about Shadow. It shares quite a few similarities. A typical Blyton story with lots of adventures full of life lessons and values for young readers (and probably a few older readers also) to learn such as being honest, respectful, working hard to achieve your goals, the strong bonds of friendship, and being humble. Carnival 2 Armada 1 Collins 1 Curled up 1 Harpercollins publishers limited 1 Shadow 1 The crowood press ltd 1 The friday project 1 Walker books 1 urn:lcp:shadowsheepdog0000blyt:epub:4c5fea9c-e10d-49f5-b3dc-185092ec6dd8 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier shadowsheepdog0000blyt Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2kzd5vb9v4 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0001632132Condition: acceptable. Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably!. Here is The Ninth Holiday Book version of the same story illustrated by 'Leo'.I really like the illustrations in this slightly later version. According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.

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My boys (6&3) absolutely loved this one! A 1952 version of the book was being passed around my wider family and all the nieces and nephews ended up talking like dogs when recounting the tales and adventures of Johnny and Shadow. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth There is no plot to this story; every chapter is about what Shadow got up to that particular day. Towards the end of the book, the farm is struggling financially, and an American asks if he can buy Shadow, as he's just seen him winning at the trials. Enid I think wrote this in the book, so that the reader would be genuinely upset, and rather alarmed that the farmer could even consider selling such a wonderful dog. You can't put a price on the love that a dog gives you so unconditionally, but Enid does put a price on this, and I'm happy to say, that Shadow doesn't get sold. An unfortunate accident happens, that temporarily blinds Shadow, but the dog soon recovers, and stays with the family, where he rightly belongs. Johnny called the dog Shadow, as he was constantly by his side. He trained the puppy himself, and Shadow also learnt many ways from the other dogs on the farm. There was Jessie; she guarded the house and the yard. Tinker, Rafe, and Dandy were all sheep dogs. Bob was a mongrel, but still worked the sheep, and belonged to Andy the shepherd. Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9317 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000515 Openlibrary_editionShadow The Sheepdog” was my favourite stand alone novel by Enid Blyton. Originally published in 1942 it is the tale of young farm boy and his faithful sheepdog.

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This is another story, I never read as a child. Of all the Blyton books I've read, this is the only one I can say, to my mind, was written from the heart. Enid's love of animals, dogs, farms, and nature comes to its own in this book. She writes from Shadow's viewpoint, and this includes all the other dogs. They teach Shadow, from a puppy themselves, and grow to love this adorable dog, who goes on to win sheep dog trials, and becomes a faster runner than any of the other dogs. Johnny adores him and he sleeps every night on his little master's bed. Johnny understands everything that the dog is trying to tell him, and Shadow too understands everything that Johnny and his parents say. This book is in the public domain in Canada, and is made available to you DRM-free. You may do whatever you like with this book, but mostly we hope you will read it.I wonder how many more short stories there are relating to books that were not included in the actual book.