Every Child Can be a Reading Star! Buddy the Goat is a good goat. He may not look like a good goat, but he is a good goat. He may do lots of goat things that makes his owner say "No, Buddy!" but he is still a good goat. Just so you remember, Buddy is a good goat. My Good Goat is part of the Reading Stars series. Reading Star books are for kids at the very beginning of a lifetime love of reading. Each book features fewer than 50 words and uses repetition to build confidence. My Good Goat is 28 pages long and features 33 different sight words for your child to master.