Books with title The Greedy Goat

An unusual pet and one of Japan's traditional days are two factors that blend into the sort of story that supplements study units on foreign countries. ""The Greedy One"" is a cormorant. He is kept as a pet by Kenji, a young boy who lives in a rural village of Japan. When the cormorant got loose, he ate the fish that was being prepared for the celebration of Boys' Day which requires a carp kite on the flagpole of every home which has a son, as well as fish for the main meal. Because the fishermen's catches had been small, Kenji could not buy a replacement and he finally took The Greedy One out and used him as a fish retriever. This interesting fishing technique is thoroughly explored and explained as well as the rituals that attach to Boys' Day. The introduction of a blind boy, a friend of Kenji's, into the plot rather weakens it, momentarily dividing the interest and the emotional response without adding new facts to what could have been simply straightforward informational fiction. The illustrations are humorously drawn without cartoons and make excellent use of color.

A kid named Kid, a dog named Cat, and a goat on a roofA blind skateboarding writer, an old man who can't speak (and his wife), a smartly dressed non-hamster-owner, plus Kid and her parents, are all apparently sharing their Manhattan apartment building with a mountain goat.But in all the wonders and marvels of New York City, who has time to see this impossible goat? How did the goat even get there? And is the goat really capable of something a little like magic?In this tender and hilarious tale of a misplaced animal, a road trip, and a Broadway show, neighbours who were previously strangers may find the goat is just what they needed...ANNE FLEMING is the author of Pool-Hopping and Other Stories (shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award and the Governor General’s Award), Anomaly and Gay Dwarves of America. She is a long-time and highly regarded teacher of creative writing who has taught at the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Douglas College, Kwantlen University College and the Banff Centre for the Arts. The Goat is her first full-length work for young readers. Anne lives in Vancouver.

This is a story about a fox. This Fox was very lazy. He always wanted everything to happen on is own. One day, the Fox was very hungry. What happened after that? Did the Fox get food? Let us read the story and find out. A long time ago, there was a forest. In that forest, there lived a fox. This fox was very lazy. One morning, the Fox was walking in the forest. He was very hungry, so he was looking for something to eat. Suddenly, he saw a grapevine. The grapevine had two bunches of grapes hanging on it. The Fox was very hungry, so his mouth started watering. He wanted to eat the grapes. He looked at the grapes. The grapes were situated very, very high. The Fox looked at them and thought, “These grapes look very nice and ripe. I will wait for them to fall down, so that I can eat these grapes.This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

A kid named Kid, a dog named Cat, and a goat on a roofA blind skateboarding writer, an old man who can't speak (and his wife), a smartly dressed non-hamster-owner, plus Kid and her parents, are all apparently sharing their Manhattan apartment building with a mountain goat.But in all the wonders and marvels of New York City, who has time to see this impossible goat? How did the goat even get there? And is the goat really capable of something a little like magic?In this tender and hilarious tale of a misplaced animal, a road trip, and a Broadway show, neighbours who were previously strangers may find the goat is just what they needed...ANNE FLEMING is the author of Pool-Hopping and Other Stories (shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award and the Governor General’s Award), Anomaly and Gay Dwarves of America. She is a long-time and highly regarded teacher of creative writing who has taught at the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Douglas College, Kwantlen University College and the Banff Centre for the Arts. The Goat is her first full-length work for young readers. Anne lives in Vancouver.

Value books for kids: The Greedy Hen | (FREE AUDIO) This is a story about a hen who meets a witch who turned the hen’s eggs into gold but the hen became too greedy.Read the story to know more.Long ago, there lived a hen who used to lay two eggs everyday.One day the hen came to know about a witch who can turn things to gold.The hen decided to go to the witch.“Ms. Witch, can you turn my eggs to gold?”, the hen asked.“Only if you bring only one egg to me daily”, the witch said.

Once upon a time, there lived a king.He was never content with anything.Every day he loved to complain.He seemed to enjoy being a pain.Breakfast time was an arduous affair.Whom he upset, he didn’t care.When the servants appeared,he would scratch his beard.“What is the meaning of this?” he would say.“My breakfast tastes awful. Take it away.”The servants knew not to argue with him.They chose to obey his every whim.Every day it was the same.On and on, the complaints came ...This rhyming cautionary tale looks at the pitfalls of greed. It is approximately 660 words.

Greedy Goat is always so hungry that she'll eat absolutely anything! Her shopping bills are enormous and she soon runs out of money. Eventually, she gets fed up with nibbling at her clothes and her furniture and makes an appointment with the bank manager to borrow some money. When he refuses her, for fear that she will simply eat it, she decides to find herself a job. Soon she has set up the Greedy Goat Lawn-Munching and Garden-Nibbling Service and she is so popular that it is not long before she is taking on employees to help her. She becomes hugely rich and hugely famous, but somehow she's still never quite full enough...AGE 3-7

In the classic Aesop story, a dog with stolen meat in his mouth crossed a stream and saw his reflection. He thought it was another dog and being greedy, he barked, and dropped the meat. The original story ended there, the moral being don’t be greedy. This book tells the extended story of the dog who retrieved the dropped meat from the river and fought a wolf for it afterwards. He learned another lesson: It is better to keep your life, even if you lose your meat.