Gooch’s long-term goal with Saddle Up and Read is eventually to have her own farm with what she calls “literacy lodges” for children to come read books and ride horses. Now that she’s caught the George Washington If You Aint First Youre Last New Shirt In addition,I will do this attention of her own heroes on social media such as Oprah and LeVar Burton, Gooch is well on her way to accomplishing that dream. She assures me that she’s just getting started. “I would love to just write more books, get an agent and continue running Saddle Up and Read while teaching kids about horses. Eventually I’ll pass it down to someone else and then just retire on an alpaca farm. That’s the dream!”
