Up Went the Goat

by Barbara Gregorich, Robert Masheris (Illustrator)

Presents the adventures of a goat as he goes up and down the mountain.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Barbara Gregorich, who writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and for children, has in her writing career deliberately moved from one genre to another, writing about the things important in life — baseball, mystery, and social justice. Her seminal Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball won the SABR-MacMillan Award and laid the groundwork for other books on the subject. ​​​​​​​For her research and writings on women in baseball, Barbara Gregorich received the 2024 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2021 City of Light published The F Words, whose story of ICE persecution of immigrants focuses on the resilience of working class teens. Exit Velocity (2024) features a young working class woman who encounters discrimination in the workplace and assault on the streets. As she fights for her rights, she is aided by a parrot from another planet.

Barbara's most recent book, Ballad of the Horse and Mule: Some Will Make It Through, is a novella-in-verse, an exciting story of a cross-country endurance horse race. This story of competition, steadfastness, and friendship appeals to all ages.

For more information about Barbara and her books, visit her blog, Much to Write About, available on GoodReads.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marvelous VERY early reader. Putting text only on every OTHER two-page spread was genius, since it means kiddos can finish the book twice as quickly and still have that feeling of accomplishment that comes from reading a whole book. The text is SUPER simple, but there is an actual story, which makes it so much nicer.

[Liz Rapp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy reader and it's very cute.

[Amara · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book rhymes goat with boat and coat. But not moat. Or oat.

Abrupt and weird ending. Why did the goat go up? Shouldn't it have gone down with the boat?

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. I did like the illustrations, and Frank seemed to enjoy the goat getting into trouble.

[Audrey's Picture Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's very rare to find a book this engaging that has so few words.

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

First book I ever read. Though I may have just memorized it...