A warm-hearted story about the relationship between a shepherd and his son from Kim Lewis, the creator of Floss and Just Like Floss James' father is a shepherd, and he longs for the day when he can put on his cap and take up his crook to become a shepherd, too. Through the spring, summer and autumn, James follows his father as he tends to the sheep and lambs, watching, waiting and learning. Then winter arrives, and with it a very special surprise for the shepherd boy.