Two children new to the neighborhood noticed the goats first, lots of them. Who took care of them? The goat lady shares her stories and her animals with two young friends. What happens next teaches everyone in the neighborhood about kindness. A true story about a woman who provides goat's milk for people who need it.

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 10/9/2012

ISBN-10: 088448260X

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It's the 1950's in the American South. Tricia Ann is on top of the world. Her Grandmother is finally ready to allow her to go Someplace Special all by herself, even though it means taking a bus and walking quite a bit further after that. Nashville is segregated, and under Jim Crow laws, Tricia Ann isn't allowed to go everywhere white people can. She can only sit at the back of the bus. She can't sit on just any park bench when she's tired, nor can she drink from any water fountain when she's thirsty. When an enthusiastic crowd mistakenly sweeps her inside an elegant hotel lobby, she is rudely told she isn't welcome there. As she passes a movie theater, she realizes that if she did want to go in, she'd have to enter through the back door and sit in the 'buzzard's roost.' Patricia Ann now realizes how hard it is to go Someplace Special by herself, she just doesn't know if she can make it alone. Then she hears her Grandmother's voice telling her 'Getting Someplace Special is not an easy route. But don't study on quittin', just keep walking straight ahead ' and you'll make it'. Yes, she does get to Someplace Special - where all are welcome. Where is Someplace Special? You'll have to read 'Goin' Someplace Special' to find out. This story is based on true events from Patricia McKissacks' childhood.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 7/6/2009

ISBN-10: 0689818858

ISBN-13: 9780689818851

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Read the classic tale of Goldilocks as an uninvited guest of the three bears in this book designed for the beginning reader. This easy reader, in picture book style with lots of illustrations, is designed for a child and reading mentor to read together, with simpler text for the early reader and more complex text designed for reading aloud. Taking turns allows beginning readers to share reading with a more advanced reader while also developing independent reading skills. Other traditional stories in the Usborne First Stories series include Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and the Three Little Pigs. (Reading Level: 2.3)

Similar books: Cinderella by Heather Amery; Little Red Riding Hood by Heather Amery; The Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Heather Amery; Sleeping Beauty by Heather Amery; Three Little Pigs by Heather Amery.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/23/2010

ISBN-10: 1580866190

ISBN-13: 9781580866194

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A realistic and funny look at a day in the life of a lively dog named Fergus who lives life by his own rules. Giggles galore!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0439490278

ISBN-13: 9780439490276

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Cheery illustrations fill this book about a bad day that turns into a good one. Follow a group of animals as they experience minor misfortunes (a bird loses her favorite feather, a fox can't find his mother) and as their days improve. Simple and beautifully illustrated, this book shows how even a day that starts out poorly can turn into a wonderful day.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/16/2010

ISBN-10: 0061140198

ISBN-13: 9780061140198

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