Lynas, Em. Goat and the Stoat and the Boat, The. Matt Hunt, Illus. Nosy Crow, 04/2024. [28]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 979-8-88777-052-9. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL.
A stoat floats by on a boat, and a goat in a colorful coat asks if he can float in the boat, too! They argue over who can use the boat until it tips over and they splash in the moat. Filled with rhyming words and using a cumulative pattern to tell this funny story, readers can call out some of the words when this is used at storytime. Young readers will learn several words using the “oa” vowel sound, and there are many action verbs as well. The full-color artwork resembles cut paper collage, using some Day-Glo colors like the fluorescent green boat and the goat’s bright yellow coat. There are a few spreads where the book needs to be rotated to a vertical position for reading. Sure to be popular, this was first published in the UK in 2023.
Penny Peck—San José State University, iSchool