Nanny Goat's Boat

Magic Castle Readers

by Jane Belk Moncure, Joy Friedman (Illustrator)

Nanny goat gets a sore throat when she falls in the water when her boat does not float, but her friends help her recover.

Genres: Childrens, Storytime

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 2 out of 5]

A story within a story. We see a boy in a library and he is reading a book about a goat sailing a boat and that is the story. Goat's boat sinks and she gets wet and then sick. Friends then bring her rhymes and get-well-gifts.

I wasn't much impressed with the art. I mean, it was fine and got the job done. It's not horrible, but it didn't stand out. I appreciate that the story starts in a library, but I didn't think there was a whole lot to the story and I didn't connect with Goat.

I don't plan on going on with the series.

[Shaumbra Papritz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun little beginner's book to help with words through rhymes. Might be difficult for some children to catch on that the answers to the questions are based upon the rhyming structure. But overall, fun for learning!

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nanny Goat's Boat a great early primer to help establish reading proficiency

[Marianne (Mia) Emery · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a rhyming story of a little goat that sails on a boat. The boat sinks and the goat gets wet and sick. All of her friends bring her gifts to make her feel better.

[Kymberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute & simple rhymes for beginner reader.

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

The rhymes are a little tired and forced but if the kids are old enough they should be able to call out the answers.