The Goggle-Eyed Goats

(Paperback)

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Old Al Haji Amadu lived in a town called Timbuktu in a very hot country called Mali in the middle of Africa. He had three wives, seven children and five extremely naughty goggle-eyed goats. They munched and they gobbled and they chewed whatever they could find. One day, enough was enough, they had to go! But getting rid of these troublesome goats proved to be harder than Al Haji, his three wives and his seven children ever imagined

Reviews

"One of the best new picture books of this year" -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
"Strikingly bold and vibrant illustrations bring the market place in Timbuktu vividly to life." * Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids, Book of the Month. *
"The story is fun and the artwork vivid" * Irish Times *
"A bright and appealing book with a multicultural flavour . . . A great book for sharing." * The Bookbag *
"A blaze of high key colour, the frames pulsate with animal energy . . . Young viewers can go goggle-eyed counting all the human and animal participants." * The School Librarian *

Author Bio

Stephen Davies is a missionary who lives with his wife and young baby daughter amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, eats millet, accompanies cattle-drives, and has been involved in the set-up of a Fulfulde radio station. He also writes for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and occasionally for the Sunday Times. Christopher Corr was born in London and studied at The Royal College of Art. Christopher has worked on numerous commissions including a Royal Mail millennium stamp about the UN Peace-keeping Force in Bosnia. He has also painted posters and cards and other materials for London Transport, National Aids Trust, Body Shop, Habitat and Ikea, UNICEF, Kensington & Chelsea Healthcare Authority, and Waterstones. His round the world travels provide much inspiration for his work.