Title: Beatrice's Goat
Author: Page McBrier
Illustrator: Lori Lohstoeter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Publisher
Year of Publication: 2001
Genre: Children Non-Ficion
Horn Book Rating: 3
Summary: Beatrice's Goat is the true story about how Beatrice a girl in Africa was given a goat from overseas organization. This Goat helped Beatrice raise enough money to go to school, to fix her hut, and to keep her healthy.
Summary of Professional Reviews: Heifer Project International is to thank for this wonderful story of Beatrice. This foundation donated a goat to Beatrice's home in Africa, where she raised enough money to go to school. This book talks about the reality of living in Africa, in a hut with many brothers and sisters. It was nice reading that with the goats help she could buy clothing and medicines. And drink the milk to stay healthy.
Review by [your name]:My favorite part of this story, is that it is real. The story talks about Beatrices challenges, but never once as a complaint but as a fact. Beatrice, even before the goat, was grateful for her life. Therefore after the goat, she was blessed with so much more. It was a beautiful story to read. Knowing that she has graduated now, makes it even more worth while to read. I thought the images looked like old african art work. They were complimenting to the text.
This book would be useful when teaching…
I thought this would be a great story to read when talking about Africa. In geography, when students learn where Africa is on the map, the teacher can read this book to show how a child their age is living in another country. Students can talk about the differences between where Beatrice lives and where they live. A Venn-diagram could be brought up as well.
Summary of Professional Reviews: Heifer Project International is to thank for this wonderful story of Beatrice. This foundation donated a goat to Beatrice's home in Africa, where she raised enough money to go to school. This book talks about the reality of living in Africa, in a hut with many brothers and sisters. It was nice reading that with the goats help she could buy clothing and medicines. And drink the milk to stay healthy.
Review by [your name]:My favorite part of this story, is that it is real. The story talks about Beatrices challenges, but never once as a complaint but as a fact. Beatrice, even before the goat, was grateful for her life. Therefore after the goat, she was blessed with so much more. It was a beautiful story to read. Knowing that she has graduated now, makes it even more worth while to read. I thought the images looked like old african art work. They were complimenting to the text.
This book would be useful when teaching…
I thought this would be a great story to read when talking about Africa. In geography, when students learn where Africa is on the map, the teacher can read this book to show how a child their age is living in another country. Students can talk about the differences between where Beatrice lives and where they live. A Venn-diagram could be brought up as well.