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beths0103's review against another edition
5.0
Beatrice's Goat is the story of a young Ugandan girl whose family receives a goat through Heifer International for their sustenance and income. Because Beatrice's family is now receiving an income, they can afford to send her to school.
The illustrations in this story are exquisite and really help you to feel like you're a part of Beatrice's family. This would be a fantastic read-aloud to help spark discussion about what a privilege it is to attend school and how there are actually kids all over the world who long to go to school because they don't have the same opportunities that we have in the U.S.
The illustrations in this story are exquisite and really help you to feel like you're a part of Beatrice's family. This would be a fantastic read-aloud to help spark discussion about what a privilege it is to attend school and how there are actually kids all over the world who long to go to school because they don't have the same opportunities that we have in the U.S.
lcgerstmann's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book to my Daisy Girl Scout Troop for "World Thinking Day", the topic was "Together We Can Save Childrens' Lives". Teaching poverty, hunger and disease to upper middle class suburban first graders is a challenge. They not only have no concept that children around the world are dying from things they take for granted (lack of food, clean water and immunizations) , they have no concept that other people live in very drastically different environments. This book accurately portrays the day-to-day life of a girl their own age in Uganda, where she dreams of going to school and having enough to eat (things they take for granted). Beatrice also works hard taking care of her siblings, working in the fields and helping to support her family, another very foreign concept. (They were amazed that people live in houses made of mud!). These topics are presented in a non-scary and enlightening manner and my girls were very interested and engaged in the story. I feel they learned a lot about the world and they seemed motivated to want to help. My own daughter asked to hear the story again at home.
small_town_librarian's review against another edition
5.0
A girl from Uganda describes the positive results of receiving a goat a la Heifer Project. Madilynne loves this book at age 3 and it would be a perfect introduction for introducing the concept of helping other people or teaching global perspectives.
tooamy's review against another edition
4.0
Set in Uganda, Beatrice receives a goat.
Africa program, multicultural.
Africa program, multicultural.
scostner's review against another edition
3.0
I use this with my 2nd graders to discuss differences in communities around the world. We compare Beatrice, her family, and her village with the students at our school. I ordered the classroom materials from Heifer International and we also watch the video that came with the book. It shows villages in Africa and different ways the villagers live.
stephb413's review against another edition
5.0
On a not-so great day I asked a librarian friend to recommend a "feel good" book. This is the book she handed me and it was an excellent suggestion as it is hard to imagine anyone closing the book without a smile on their face as Beatrice's dream comes true. I feel like this would be an excellent book to accompany a gift to a charitable donation for villages in third world nations in place of actual gifts for your child. Something along the lines of, "Johnny you have plenty of toys, so I bought a goat for a family in Africa. I did buy you this book though to explain why this gift is so much more special than yet another toy for you." One of the most valuable 3 -5 minute reads you'll ever experience.
createassemblage's review against another edition
4.0
A great piece for small children to visually understand the concept behind Heifer International.
dreamybee's review against another edition
3.0
Heifer International is an organization that provides livestock and sustainable farming education to people in poverty-stricken areas. This book was written about Beatrice, a girl in Africa whose family received a goat from Heifer International, and how her life was changed by this gift.
I really like the work that Hiefer does, and I really wanted to love this book, but I thought it was just OK. I guess I was hoping that it would be more of a springboard for Heifer International, but I don't think the organization was even mentioned in the book except in the afterward by Hillary Clinton. I understand that the author probably didn't want it to read like propaganda either, but I wish she would have found a little better balance.
I still think that this is a valuable book for introducing children to the idea of charitable giving and helping others. They can see how one act of kindness-a goat to one family-can help many people-other villagers who receive offspring from the goat as part of Heifer's Pass on the Gift policy.
Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to Heifer International.
I really like the work that Hiefer does, and I really wanted to love this book, but I thought it was just OK. I guess I was hoping that it would be more of a springboard for Heifer International, but I don't think the organization was even mentioned in the book except in the afterward by Hillary Clinton. I understand that the author probably didn't want it to read like propaganda either, but I wish she would have found a little better balance.
I still think that this is a valuable book for introducing children to the idea of charitable giving and helping others. They can see how one act of kindness-a goat to one family-can help many people-other villagers who receive offspring from the goat as part of Heifer's Pass on the Gift policy.
Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to Heifer International.
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