Goats on the Family Farm

Animals on the Family Farm

by Chana Stiefel

GOATS ON THE FAMILY FARM explores a goat’s life. Did you know that you can make cheese from goat’s milk, or that goats are really great jumpers? Discover what a goat’s life is like in this addition to the ANIMALS ON THE FAMILY FARM series.

Genres: Animals, Science, Picture Books, Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Chana Stiefel is the author of more than 30 books for children, both fiction and nonfiction. Her recent picture book, THE TOWER OF LIFE: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs (illus. Susan Gal, Scholastic), received many honors including the 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award, a Robert F. Sibert Honor, the Margaret Wise Brown Prize, the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature & SCBWI's Inaugural Robert Freedman Nonfiction Award for a Better World. Her next book is LET'S FLY: Barrington Irving's Record-Breaking Flight Around the World (co-written with Barrington Irving, illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice, Dial/PRH, 1-14-25). Other recent nonfiction titles include LET LIBERTY RISE! How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty, illustrated by Chuck Groenink (Scholastic), and ANIMAL ZOMBIES! AND OTHER BLOODSUCKING BEASTS, CREEPY CRITTERS, AND REAL-LIFE MONSTERS (NatGeoKids). Chana's humorous fiction picture books include BRAVO AVOCADO (HarperCollins), MENDEL'S HANUKKAH MESS UP (Kalaniot), DADDY DEPOT (Feiwel & Friends) & MY NAME IS WAKAWAKLOCH (HMH). Chana is represented by agent Miranda Paul at Erin Murphy Literary.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Features facts and pictures of goats living on a family farm.

[Josie B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since some children prefer non-fiction, I am always in search of readable non-fiction that i can pair with my favorite picture books in storytime, and this title with photos of real goats and simple text combined very nicely with Paul Galdone's The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We read only some of the pages and talked about the pictures. I am definitely going to look for other titles in the series--Turkeys on the Family Farm will probably be making an appearance in November. Reading non-fiction is one way to boost print motivation for those inquiring minds that hunger for facts and want to learn about the real world.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fantastic non-fiction picture book about that beloved yet sometimes difficult barn animal: the goat. Kids will love the beautiful photographs and the easy to understand and interesting facts about goats. This book would be a wonderful addition to any elementary school library or primary grade classroom.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great photos, some facts, but it sure lacked a lot. I know it's for kids, but it wasn't quite honest about food. There are just so many itneresting facts I've learned from my friend who has goats, I wish it were better for the kids (human kids reading it, not goat kids).