Apollo the Angora Goat and His Friends – Book 2 is the continuation of Apollo’s adventures. In this new installment, Apollo introduces his new friends who live with him on the farm. As Apollo and his companions experience new adventures together, readers are invited to get to know each of Apollo’s friends and witness the special bonds that form among them.Throughout the story, each of Apollo’s friends learns how to interact kindly and thoughtfully with one another. The book highlights the importance of showing consideration and understanding in building strong friendships on the farm. Readers will not only meet the new animals but also gain an overview of life on the farm.This second book, Apollo the Angora Goat and His Friends – Book 2, serves as an introduction to new farm characters and sets the stage for future adventures. Apollo’s journey is ongoing, with more exciting experiences to come in forthcoming books.
Michele McCoy lives in California with her husband, Denney. They have two grown sons, two daughters-in-law, and one grandson. She is a positive, loving, caring, and fun person. She loves to spend time with her family. She is thrilled to write a children’s book about her animals and their life on farm. This has become one big adventure for the entire family.
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McCoy’s second book of a series further explores the daily lives of goats on a ranch, while introducing other barnyard animals.
In this slice of animal farm life, readers find Mr. Feathers, the white rooster, starting the day by waking all the animals with his crowing. Meanwhile, the goats go out to graze in the fields: They chase each other and butt horns, but it’s all friendly play so far. The does and doelings come out from the barn to eat grass and weeds. Dozer, a white-and-brown dog, is their companion and protector, while Tank, a white dog, keeps the other goats safe. The goats like playing on rocks, which helps keep their hooves trimmed. Rounding out the look at farm life, Snout and Ears, two fat pink pigs, cool themselves with mud. While the dogs go on adventures in the dirt and straw, Mr. Feathers likes to socialize and bring all the animals together. One potential strength of the book is that McCoy tries to write simple sentences, flitting from scene to scene in no particular order. But this restraint in the writing doesn’t last long, and can’t prevent run-on sentences, misused possessive apostrophes, variable tenses and capitalization, omitted words, and even the inconsistent naming of Mr. Feather(s). This book has more content than the first volume: 11 full scenes this time, each two-page spread consisting of text on one side and a full-page illustration on the other. But here the pictures are more rudimentary—functional digital images (uncredited) rather than striking pieces of art. Returning readers will lament the loss.
A simple day-in-the-life farm story for younger children that could use an editorial eagle eye.
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