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Beatrice's Goat

Childhood Education,  2002  by Allen, Irene A

McBrier, Page BEATRICE'S GOAT. Il. by Lori Lohstoeter. ISBN 0-689-82460-2. An Anne Schwartz Book. Atheneum Books of Young Readers, 2001. Unp. $16.00. Beatrice, a young girl who lives in a small Ugandan village, is too poor to attend school. When her family receives a goat from the Heifer Project International, however, they sell the surplus milk and Beatrice's dream of school can come true.

This tale is based on a true story. The illustrations are beautifully rendered in acrylic paint, and there is an afterword by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Ages 4 up. Reviewed by Irene A. Allen, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

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