This funny story was about a girl who was supposed to watch over her goat when her mom left. The goat was gone and she went through the town to ask her friends and family. Each one had something missing. At the end the goat was found with all the different things. ( )

A fun, multicultural counting adventure and mystery. Parents and children alike will enjoy this glimpse into a busy Nigerian marketplace with a naughty goat! ( )

Summary: Ayoka, a young Yoruba girl in Nigeria, is placed in charge of the family goat. Immediately after her mother leaves the house, the goat goes missing. As Ayoka searches throughout the marketplace, she talks to the people on the street selling different things. Each person she asks and approaches has not seen the goat but they are also missing one of what they are selling. As Ayoka finally reaches home, her mother asks her if she has seen the goat, and Ayoka replies with despair. Her mother tells her to go inside. What will Ayoka find when she enters the house?
Teaching Implications: Catch that Goat! Is a wonderful tale about a girl missing a goat, but as she travels throughout the marketplace, each person she comes across has a different number of objects they are selling. The first person has ten boli’s, the second has nine loaves of bread, the third has eight paint pots. Each page, the people have one less number of the objects they are selling. This could be used to teach the students counting, subtraction, and addition.
The pages in the book are covered from top to bottom with illustrations done in watercolor on mixed medium. Each page contains a plethora of things to learn about the Yoruba culture. The illustrations are visually stimulating and every time you read the book, you find something new in the pictures.
At the end of the book, there are seven pages dedicated to explaining the Yoruba culture including: Yoruba people, dress, language, everyday life, the marketplace, and where Nigeria is. This book could also be used to teach about a different culture as a part of a unit on Africa or on walking in the shoes of someone from a different place in the world. ( )

This is a fictional, multicultural book. The art in this book is very colorful and looks like it is hand-drawn and colored in with colored pencils. The book is about a girl named Ayoka and her family who lives in Nigeria. Ayoka's mom goes out and asks her to watch the goat. Before she knows it, the goat is gone. She runs down the street asking if anyone has seen it and everyone says no but my (blank) is missing. The numbers decrease from ten to none and finally they find her goat. The reading level is probably third grade because some of the names are hard to pronounce since they are from Aftrica. The curricular connections are; cultures, Nigeria, Africa, goats, family, and losing things. ( )

This is a fictional story that takes place in Nigeria. The illustrations are done in mixed media on watercolor paper, so it gives it a textured look. The content of this story includes a young girl who is put in charge of watching the family goat while the mother goes out. The goat disappears along with ten things from the market that seem to look "tastey" to the goat. In the end, all ten things are found along with the goat. The reading level of this book is around first grade. Some cirricular connections for this book could be goats, Africa, Nigeria, markets, and multicultural literature.