Beatrice's Goat

This is a beautiful story. It is also age and reading level appropriate.

Beatrice’s Goat explains to kids that they can send gifts to poor places anywhere around the world. This is a heartwarming, beautiful story in which a poor family of seven receives a goat from people somewhere across the world. This goat provides milk, money, and has 2 children which are sold for a lot of money. This inspired my kid, Liz, to donate. She asked me after we read this book: “Mom, can we donate a goat?” And it just made me so proud. This book will most likely inspire your child to do the same.

Great life lessons about the power of giving and inspiring story. Used for a Sunday school class. Liked it so much I bought this copy for my grandkids.

My wife and I have worked in Uganda for nearly 13 years. We have a sponsorship program to help kids go to school. The story here is very real. We have seen situations exactly like the one described here. It's great to introduce kids to the realities of the third world. We've given this book as a gift many times, and hope to continue doing so. It doesn't hurt some adults to be reminded how the "big half" of the world lives. This book does that quite well!

When I asked my 18 year old daughter what she wanted for Christmas she told me to donate a goat in her name to some little girl in Uganda. I found an organization that does that and then I also bought my daughter this book to go with the certificate that the organization had sent me. My daughter said it was the best Christmas gift she had ever received. She is hoping to make it a family tradition when she gets married and has children to donate a goat every year at Christmas and to take out this book and read it to her children.

I ordered this book as a gift for a friend who is starting her own daycare center, and this was SUCH a great buy!! The book was shipped ridiculously fast and arrived early! The pictures and colors in the book are SO vibrant and lifelike, it was hard to look away (kids will definitely love the drawings), print is very easy to read and the message of the story is just wonderful :) Even as an adult reading it, I couldn't put it down until I finished it!

I bought this for my grand kids, to accompany a "Heifer International" donation that I bought in their name. It is a wonderful story and one that is great for kids to learn at an early age. I highly recommend this book!

Got this for my very advanced five years (and three quarters) old grandson. He read the whole book aloud; seemed to enjoy it including the fantastic art work - and I believe he understood the concepts in the book.

I bought this book for my grand-niece who is an African-American girl adopted by white parents. I wanted to find a heartwarming story about a black girl and the fact that this was a true story, and supports the Heifer Project Internation which provides impoverished African families with livestock made me feel good buying it. It's beautifully illustrated and I had forgotten that my grandniece and grandnephew love goats, so it was a tremendous hit.

This is an inspiring true story which almost fits the adage "give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. teach a man to fish, you'll feed him for a week". The impact Beatrice's goat has on her family and community is a great story to share with children. Even better, the real life Beatrice (Beatrice Biira) went on to study in the States and now works as an advocate for the charity - Heifer International - that first gave her the goat, so there are tremendous possibilities to explore gratitude and giving back. There is a forward by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Wonderful book for children explaining clearly how enabling a family helps them to help themselves.

Love it. Wonderful illustrations and fabulous message. Allows me to bring the world to my students, showing different people landscape animals housing clothing and ideology.

A hit with parents looking to encourage social responsibility and community