One Potato

by Sue Porter

All the barnyard animals want the last potato, but crafty Goat means to have it all to himself.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

24 pages, Hardcover

First published August 23, 1989

About the author

Sue Porter was born in London and now lives in France. She is married with two children. Her hobbies are painting, the French language, and playing the violin. She has been a full-time illustrator for many years and has illustrated more than fifty children’s books.

Reviews

[Kristen Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a silly book about a few animals that are fighting over who gets the last ONE potato. The goat keeps creating things that the animals have to do and the "first one to do it" gets the one potato left. They are all silly activities result in the other animals losing and the goat winning. Eventually, all the animals have lost and the goat is the last one left in. The animals look over to the plate only to see that the potato is gone and the tiny mice ate it for tea time while the other animals were messing around. This book will be sure to make children laugh.

[Rebekka · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a read-aloud selection for our Summer Reading Program. We thought it was funny and entertaining. Loved the ending! Recommended for kids 3- 6 years of age.

[Mykenna Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book, 5 animals all want the last potato so they decide to do a contest to win it. Each round an animal get eliminated because they can't do the competition like the other animals can. They goat wins the competition and goes to get the potato. They notice the potato is gone and that the 10 little mice had ate it while they were busy doing their competition.

[Lidiia Holokolosenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun reading, entertaining illustrations, engaging for young kids. The only issue I have with this book - I don’t know what’s the moral of this story and how to present it to my kid. Maybe someone can suggest…

[Avery Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

One potato left, who will get it? Everyone wants it, but Goat tricks everyone else into losing so he would win the last potato. Unfortunately, someone else has another plan for that potato and Goat is left with none. This book is a classic lesson on sharing and I think that it would be great for younger grades when teaching them to be fair and kind to others. It is around elementary school when kids start to "cheat" in games and I think that this book could help teach fairness to students. It was a short book which was something I thought could be altered, but it got straight to the point and dealt with it. I have had this book since I was in elementary school and I think it is one that kids will enjoy reading, as well as learn something from.

[Daniel Cota · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had a good plot. It showed how people should be fair and not cheat. If you cheat you never win. The pictures were interesting and I liked them. Any kid would be interested in this book. The author should have made it a little longer with more characters but it was good.