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ir_sharp2's review against another edition
4.0
Now THIS one I love! I remember it from growing up. I even remember watching it on Reading Rainbow! Bahahahaha! Gonna pass it on to my storytime kiddos.
mnstucki's review against another edition
3.0
Funny, but contains a problematic narrative surrounding food and food choice.
mamabearian's review against another edition
3.0
Gregory the goat is a terrible eater! He only wants to eat things like scrambled eggs and orange juice, no matter how hard his parents try to get him to eat a coat and pants, or a tin can. In order to remedy his picky eating, they give him one new thing at a time, until he likes everything. Now, they have the opposite problem. Gregory won't stop eating!
manwithanagenda's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rjvrtiska's review against another edition
5.0
Fun flip of perspectives. Scott and I read this together for Cora’s 1st Grade classroom and they ate it up. It’s a good reminder of controling eating habits, too.
Mother Tongue Notes: The reading is a bit challenging for beginners because they can’t guess the story line. Also, the illustrations make some of the food difficult to identify. It’s easy to bring up cultural differences surrounding what we eat, while reading the book. There are several speakers, so it can be used easily in a shared reading setting.
Mother Tongue Notes: The reading is a bit challenging for beginners because they can’t guess the story line. Also, the illustrations make some of the food difficult to identify. It’s easy to bring up cultural differences surrounding what we eat, while reading the book. There are several speakers, so it can be used easily in a shared reading setting.
snowelf's review against another edition
4.0
I would rate this 3.5 stars if I could, but I'm really partial to illustrators [a:Ariane Dewey|5479|Ariane Dewey|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg] and [a:José Aruego|5480|José Aruego|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg], I like everything they touch. It's a really silly story, but it's good for a laugh, in the same vein as [b:Little Pea|507402|Little Pea|Amy Krouse Rosenthal|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348556860s/507402.jpg|495427] (although I believe Gregory came way before that one).
uncle_remus's review
4.0
I liked it. But, I think it was a little bit long for the kid of age who would like this; their minds would wander. I thought that the ending was a bit, um, ordinary.
bookdingo's review
3.0
Gregory wants to eat yummy human food, and his parents tell him there's something wrong with him. They manage to get him to eat goat food (tires and clothing and boots) but then he starts to gorge on everything, so they feed him too much on purpose. Gregory gets sick and then opts to eat a balance of human food (fruits and veggies) and goat food (buttons and tin cans and such).
It's not a bad allegory for gradually easing children into eating healthy food, but I dunno about purposely feeding them too much junk.
It's not a bad allegory for gradually easing children into eating healthy food, but I dunno about purposely feeding them too much junk.