Amy Steedman 
David the Shepherd Boy 

Amy Steedman wrote scores of books for children, many of which were used in homeschools and private academies in her native Britain. They include In God’s Garden (c. 1905), Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters (1907), Stories from the Arabian Knights (1907), Nursery Tales Told to the Children (1908), Our Island Saints (1912), The Madonna of the Goldfinch (1918), and David the Shepherd Boy (c. 1926).