Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Megan Tingley Books, Boston, 2002.
Hardcover edition, 32 pages, ISBN 0-316-36232-8.
The four-line tune of this classic folk song creates an easy vehicle for the tale of a goat who ate three red shirts from a clothesline, coughed them up, and flagged down a train. Mistaking three fellow barnyard travelers in turn for pieces of furniture, the goat apologizes by giving each animal one of the red shirts. At mealtime, the messy eaters get the shirts so filthy that they must be rewashed and hung up. The goat finds that he can't resist eating them off the clothesline yet again.
A funny story to sing or read out loud for todder/preschool storytime with a farm animal or train theme. The melody line is written out in the front of the book for those who need a little musical assistance.
Narrative skill in pointing out the circular plot ending. Rhyming words emphasize phonological awareness.
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