Once Upon a Goat

Why hasn't a fairy godmother left me a bunch of baby goats on my doorstep? Life is unfair.UPDATE: [a:Eric Barclay 6907859 Eric Barclay https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1446047300p2/6907859.jpg], author/illustrator extraordinaire and illustrator of this particular book, liked this review, so I can only hope that he grants my wish and sends me a baby goat soon. UPDATE 2.0: the fabulous [a:Dan Richards 620579 Dan Richards https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1530777648p2/620579.jpg], author of this lovely book, also liked this review. High fives all around to you both! Still waiting on my baby goat, though...In all seriousness, all my friends with kids of the non-goat kind will be getting this book for Christmas, and obviously I will be keeping one for myself because have you seen that baby goat on the cover? The adorable factor is off the charts.

A king and a queen ask their fairy godmother for a kid and end up with...a goat. The goat doesn't fit in, eating the royal roses, but the two gradually come to love the little animal, despite the creature's natural instinct to chew on parts of the castle the royals wish were not chewed upon. A visit from the fairy godmother brings everything that has happened into question.

A lovely little story about the beloved flaws in real families.