The Secret Herds

The Secret Herds is a collection of animal stories by Joyce Stranger, illustrated by Douglas Reay. It was "First published in Great Britain by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1974." In 1976 Tandem Publishing Ltd published a paperback with the ISBN 042611017X.

The stories in the collection are:
 * Snow on Low Ground (about a male otter, Shala)
 * One Perfect Day (an old man's day watching wildlife)
 * The Secret Herds (an eagle and wildcat both desperate for prey)
 * The Wild Horses (in pre-Roman Britain, a boy, Edda, is the first to tame animals)
 * The Peregrine (a boy finds a strayed tame Peregrine falcon)
 * Terror on the Hill (Red Rufus, a grown male red fox)
 * The Outcast ("the story of a rare creature&mdash;a hummel&mdash;a stag that never grows antlers" )
 * Storm (a mother seal's attempt to protect her newborn from the force of a storm)
 * Shadows on the Hillside (a wildcat's first litter)
 * Fire in the Forest