The Pet Goat " ( often erroneously called " My Pet Goat " ) is a reading exercise from the 1995 children 's workbook '' Reading Mastery II : Storybook 1 '' by Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner . It is designed to teach children about words ending in the letter " E " , using the Direct Instruction ( DI ) teaching method . It gained attention on September 11 , 2001 ; U.S. President George W. Bush was reading it at the Emma E. Booker School in Sarasota , Florida , when he was informed of the ongoing terror attacks
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The Pet Goat