I read this one to my niece and nephew and they loved it! The story was short and easy to read. The pictures were also so pretty. The kids tend to get distracted quickly with stories but this one held their attention! Many thanks for this cute ARC.

I read this for my brother as a bed time story. He enjoyed it! We read it twice since we have been reading out loud to help him with his pronunciation.

My only qualm is that I wish it was a little bit longer and it would have been nice to see more of the got since my brother likes animals so much.

But the storyline of how everything connects in the world was kinda cool to me. Everything has a purpose in life.

I love the basis of this story. The way this child went through the different phases and the reciprocation.

The mountain and the Goat teach a cute lesson on reciprocity and what can come from it. Everyone has their part to play in this world. And the more we function in this understanding and respect it - life could flow easier.

The ending was beautiful.


We volunteered to read an ARC of this book through NetGalley.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC ebook. This is a unique picture book. There’s a goat, glasses, lumber…and more. My kids didn’t mind. It just flows in a funny way and ends rather abruptly. Fun for kids, leaves adults scratching their heads.

I really wanted to read it, based on the cover and the word 'goat' in the title. One could say that I am rather font of goats. From other reviews I read that it had some sort of rhythm or rhyme, but that wasn't there when I read the story. And since it's a colourbook with pictures I would say that it's a children's book, so the text and story should be interesting for a young audience who has a low attention span (they need to develop it over the years). The text was too plain and the story had indeed a purpose but wouldn't be interesting to a young child. The purpose of the story was trading and how effective it could be. I think that this is a topic to learn for a later age. Perhaps the story could have been about sharing or something similar, that would be good to learn for a small child.

Thank you for the advanced reader copy of The Mountain and the Goat by Siamak Taghaddos.

Very simple little story that probably will be mildly interesting to younger children. Decent enough illustrations.
i did like the message of trying to think ahead instead of your immediate desires and needs.

<b>Cute book with great visuals </b>

First things first, it ought to be mentioned that the illustrator did a great job with the visuals and if it weren't for the length of the book(that was unsatisfactorily short), this book would have got a higher rating. I personally loved the moral and believe children should be inculcated with the economic lessons of resourcefulness and give/take at quite an early age. My only complaint is I would have liked this book a little longer.

The Mountain and the Goat is a simple child friendly story of resourcefulness.

Unfortunately I wanted to give this one more stars but felt it may be a bit too simple as there was no way to connect to the characters.

However the illustrations were colourful, engaging and did help to keep you interested.

The illustrations were great, but the story didn’t translate well to kindle/ phone version. Thank you net galley for the opportunity to review this book.

I thought this was a cute short read! The illustration was really beautiful as well! I wished the story focused a little more on the goat on the mountain, but it was cute nonetheless!

This sorry has beautiful pictures and colors, but I did not understand the premise of the story. It ran too fast on each page and the ending felt rushed. I’ll try it again with my kids, but the first read with them they said “that’s it?!”

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own.

This book was super cute. I thought it was a fun and enjoyable read. The story was entertaining and I think it will be fun for children.


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