As a songwriter, EG Kight knows that some lyrics just write themselves. As a book author, the same can be true. So when she thought about writing a book for children about her goats, she had two things in her favor.
“It’s a book for kids about kids. Big kids, small kids and four-legged kids,” she said with a laugh from her farm in Dublin, Georgia.
It also helps that her dozen goats are full of love, fun and mischief with expressive faces and personalities.
“They do have wonderful personalities, and they are soooo expressive,” she said. “This was fun to do.”
Kight said she started thinking about the pieces that would become “Things I’ve Learned From a Goat” (BookBaby, 58 pages, paperback, $20) about three years ago. As the title suggests, it’s a book of life lessons intended for kids, but they hold true for people of all ages, she said. The lessons include sayings like “Don’t be afraid to try new things,” “Be yourself” and “Be a good listener.”