title: Spring Fleece: A Day of Sheepshearing
author:  Catherine Paladino 
description: It is obvious that Paladino has done extensive research on her subject to produce this topnotch photo essay featuring a pair of professional shearers at work on two New England farms. Her text provides just enough information to be accurate and interesting without overpowering readers, defining unfamiliar terms when necessary. She indicates that while this team uses hand shears, others use electric clippers to do the same task. Large white margins frame both the text and the sharp black-and-white photographs. Varying in size from quarter to full page, the photos greatly enhance the text and almost tell their own story. While this title will be of interest mainly to those who have some connection with sheep, it deserves a wider readership. There is very little information available elsewhere on this subject. --Eldon Younce, Harper Elementary School, KS<br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
  —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
  
  PART ONE
  Transformations
  
  1664
  I.
  She was found on a January day in a �eld where the junipers grew, wound in a
  blue blanket with her name carefully stitched along the border with silk thread.
  There was a foot of snow on the ground, but the sun was strong and whoever
  had named the child Maria had most assuredly loved her, for the wool of the
  blanket was of a very �ne grade, certain to keep her warm, and she’d been well
  cared for, not lacking for comfort or food. She was a quiet 