My Goats

by Heather Miller

A young boy describes how he cares for the goats living on his farm.

Genres: Animals

Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julianna chose this book from the school library. She gives the book 5 stars. She liked the book because the goats were cute. We learned new words; doe, buck and kid. Julianna and I took turns reading. She is learning more sight words :-)

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

For such a incredibly short story, giving very few facts about goats, it's important that all of the facts be correct. Here, for example, it states that the best way to tell a male goat from a female goat is to see if he has a beard.

Goatshit. Female goats have beards, too.

The best way to tell a male from a female goat? Look for a dick.

And why is the boy drinking the mother goat's milk and not her two kids? Interesting question that human kids are going to ask.

The answer will be nowhere near as cude and cuddly as this book makes it out to be.

Also, the first website listed in the back of the book is no longer available.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very basic book about one type of goats (although it doesn't say what kind). I like that it has photographs. The one thing I didn't like was that it says that you can tell a male goat by the beard. This is not the scientific way to tell male from female. Also, I'm not sure how noticeable it is from breed to breed.