Billy and Goat at the State Fair

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2015

Review

The State Fair! Goat is excited! Billy is a little nervous!

Billy and goat are the best of friends. In fact, Billy is so proud of goat that he decides they should travel to the state fair and enter goat in a competition.

Billy upon arriving at the fair feels shy and wants to keep to himself. Goat, however wants to take full advantage of this new adventure. After a bit, Billy catches goat's adventuresome spirit and begins to enjoy all that the fair has to offer. The food, the rides, the yodeling competition and floral displays are fun!

Goat comes in third place, but Billy realizes that though they did not win the competition they still had a great time.

"But neither of them minded. They'd had an amazing adventure at the fair. Besides Billy already knew who the best goat really was."

The illustrations are bright and clear with a rustic feel. The lettering is large and bold with black ink.

This book is great in helping children realize that not everyone has the same personality. Some people are shy and some are adventuresome and there are many other kinds of people in between. And many times opposite personalities can be drawn to one another. Winning is not the final end, it is the journey.

Overall Book Score: very good