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Coming across a good children book series is a matter of celebration. Very engaging story and illustrations.
"Sometimes we should take some rest and hold the one we love the best."Coming across a good children book series is a matter of celebration. Very engaging story and illustrations.
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"Come and listen, little Llama. Have a cuddle with your mama. Sometimes we should take a rest and hold the ones we love the best. Wishing, waiting, wanting things... we forget what this time brings. Gifts are nice,
I love the concept of this book. It takes time to explain a Christmas message that we really should all contemplate when we get stressed about all the things to do for Christmas. It shows all the anticipation and waiting and how it really can be wearing. But the message in the end is:"Come and listen, little Llama. Have a cuddle with your mama. Sometimes we should take a rest and hold the ones we love the best. Wishing, waiting, wanting things... we forget what this time brings. Gifts are nice, but there's another - the true gift is we have each other."
I want to read this every Christmas. It's a great seasonal reminder for everyone.
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In this book, Llama Llama and Mama are busy getting ready for Christmas. There's so much to do! Shopping, baking, decorating... It all culminates in a tummy ache and a little llama who's had more than enough. It's up to Mama to remind him that Christmas is about love and being there for each other.
The pictures are cute (especially the one of Llama
I thought I'd already read a Llama Llama holiday book, but I guess it wasn't this one. (Honestly, the Llama Llama catalogue is a pretty extensive one.)In this book, Llama Llama and Mama are busy getting ready for Christmas. There's so much to do! Shopping, baking, decorating... It all culminates in a tummy ache and a little llama who's had more than enough. It's up to Mama to remind him that Christmas is about love and being there for each other.
The pictures are cute (especially the one of Llama Llama when he keels over from too much holiday cheer), and the overall message is good. I did find the rhythm of the rhyming text uncharacteristically clunky in spots. I also don't like the way the book keeps using the word "holiday" when it means "Christmas". A dreidel is mentioned once, but make no mistake: This is a book about Christmas, despite that word not being used even once. The elves, the countdown to the 25th, the present shopping, decorating a tree... This is Christmas, not some generic winter holiday, or even a combination of holidays. So... that was annoying.
Other than that, though, this is a book that Llama Llama fans will want for their collection. It's full of the fun of the Christmas season, and parents will be able to relate to the overloaded kid at the centre of it all.
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The true gift is we have each other.
Wonderful book. I loved the artwork, but it is kind of strange that many of the images were of dreidels and there was a mention of a dreidel as well. It is certainly a Christmas story it mentions one day. It was just strange as per it is not about Hanukkah 🕎 at all.
Of course it falls in with the holidays. During the holidays there is the hustle and bustle. Cooking, shopping, caroling, and visiting family. As we shop we have our kids, can't get what we need when they are with us, but the fuss when they are not with us. Parties at school and at work, baking goodies to take and lots of taste testing. In the book there are many things we do just like in real life. The kids have a good time decorating and waiting As you can tell we love the Llama Llama series.
Of course it falls in with the holidays. During the holidays there is the hustle and bustle. Cooking, shopping, caroling, and visiting family. As we shop we have our kids, can't get what we need when they are with us, but the fuss when they are not with us. Parties at school and at work, baking goodies to take and lots of taste testing. In the book there are many things we do just like in real life. The kids have a good time decorating and waiting on Santa. However, there are some kids who get presents and some that don't, but the best thing that some of the kids have is someone to love them and be with them.
I think the Llama Llama series are good bedtime stories and my kids love them.
Toddler.
Kids: Why does Llama have a stocking on his bed?
Me: Maybe he doesn't have a fireplace?
Kids: Why?
Me: Perhaps he lives in an apartment.
Kids: But why doesn't he have a fireplace in an apartment?
Me: [...]
Them: [...]? & etc.
If we're going to embark on a let's-avoid-bedtime-via-questions odyssey, I'd rather it not be inspired by an illustrator trying to shoe-horn in a cute picture of Llama sleeping with a symbolically filled stocki
Kids found it dull, with only one or two questions. Apt ones, though.Kids: Why does Llama have a stocking on his bed?
Me: Maybe he doesn't have a fireplace?
Kids: Why?
Me: Perhaps he lives in an apartment.
Kids: But why doesn't he have a fireplace in an apartment?
Me: [...]
Them: [...]? & etc.
If we're going to embark on a let's-avoid-bedtime-via-questions odyssey, I'd rather it not be inspired by an illustrator trying to shoe-horn in a cute picture of Llama sleeping with a symbolically filled stocking, an illustrator who didn't expect to be called on the implausibility of the scene by a 2 year old. (Really, does anyone hang stockings on their bed?)
Even considering the rhyme-scheme driven limitations, Llama doesn't seem to act like an impatient kid, more like an overdramatic teenage girl.
And fine - I was triggered, as my more politically correct brethren might say. The holiday in question is clearly Christmas - menorahs are sprinkled amidst the not-Hanukkah trees in the store but none are in Llama's house. Instead, Llama's mom is baking not-Hannukkah cookies and there's a not-Kwanzaa tree and a non-Eid stocking. The dreaded C-word is completely unmentioned. I guess this is to please desperately PC librarians/school districts, but I was nettled. And perfectly willing to be nonplussed at the whole "well, of course a completely generic holiday celebration is a Christmas one!" vibe. Look, half my family is Buddhist and they don't celebrate "holiday" with a "holiday tree", "holiday stockings", "holiday cookies" and so on. It's Christmas all the way.
I might've just chalked up this feeling to something idiosyncratic and not let it reflect in the "official" star rating, but, as mentioned earlier, the kids didn't care for it.
2/5. Llama trauma.
...more Llama llama does not like to wait. It is the one thing he hates the most. But with the jingle music and blazing lights, he has to wait for the special day. But for how much longer?
2. Grade level, interest level, lexile
Grades: PreK-1
3. Appropriate classroom use (subject area)
Christmas, Compassion, Kindness
4. Individual students who might benefit from reading
Students who need to learn patience and compassion.
5. Small group use (literature circles)
In small groups, s 1. Book Summary in your own words
Llama llama does not like to wait. It is the one thing he hates the most. But with the jingle music and blazing lights, he has to wait for the special day. But for how much longer?
2. Grade level, interest level, lexile
Grades: PreK-1
3. Appropriate classroom use (subject area)
Christmas, Compassion, Kindness
4. Individual students who might benefit from reading
Students who need to learn patience and compassion.
5. Small group use (literature circles)
In small groups, students will be given the task to create ways that Llama Llama can patience.
6. Whole class use (read aloud)
As a whole class, we will discuss why it is important to be kind and compassionate and why we need patience. Then, we will talk about what our favorite part of Christmas is.
7. Related books in genre/subject or content area
Genre: Comedy
8. Multimedia connections (audio book, movie) available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nzar... ...more
Having just read Snicket's Latke book, it was clear that this book was wanting. The rhymes and cadence of all books in the Llama series are pleasant. The book itself has little meat.
They always end with the little llama hugging and kissing its mom. That's nice, but the lessons seem to be fairly non-existent/the same. While it's not bad, it's not great.
As I have said previously, there are many people who will disagree with me on this series. It almost certainly is a book that will appeal mor
2.5Having just read Snicket's Latke book, it was clear that this book was wanting. The rhymes and cadence of all books in the Llama series are pleasant. The book itself has little meat.
They always end with the little llama hugging and kissing its mom. That's nice, but the lessons seem to be fairly non-existent/the same. While it's not bad, it's not great.
As I have said previously, there are many people who will disagree with me on this series. It almost certainly is a book that will appeal more to little girls, although as best as I can tell the llama is a boy. I think parents may like these books because the characters "learn" something, and end up listening to and cuddling with their parents.
Still, I'm not a big fan after my second dose and will put these to rest. No more llamas for me...
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ETA November 2016: My two-year-old is really into this book this Christmas! I read it to her last night and she seemed pretty delighted with it, and then tonight at bedtime
This is the second Llama Llama book I've read to my toddler (this one was given to him as a gift), and I think they are cute. The rhyme trips off the tongue and holds my son's attention, and I think everyone can relate to the little llama getting overwhelmed by all of the holiday festivities before Christmas has even arrived.ETA November 2016: My two-year-old is really into this book this Christmas! I read it to her last night and she seemed pretty delighted with it, and then tonight at bedtime her dad told her to pick a book and she didn't want any of the books from her shelf and was stomping around in tears saying "My book! My book!" In a total guess I said, "Do you want the Llama Llama book?" and she said, "YES!" so I went and grabbed it from the stack in the living room and she settled down immediately. She's sleeping with this book in her crib as I type.
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12/16/15 Used in literacy moment during preschool storytime. Unfortunately, I had kids who were mostly too young, and a couple of the right age who were way too shy. So only one kid came up who knew their letters. The rest either just stood there and couldn't participate or didn't bother to
Other llama books are a little funnier, but this one also has the lesson like the others and this is a great one for children. The holidays are full of SO MUCH, and no one should forget the important things.12/16/15 Used in literacy moment during preschool storytime. Unfortunately, I had kids who were mostly too young, and a couple of the right age who were way too shy. So only one kid came up who knew their letters. The rest either just stood there and couldn't participate or didn't bother to come up at all. Seriously--made it through 3 pages and there were no kids participating. The entire storytime was a bomb, so this didn't phase me too much.
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As an author, I was looking at how the 'drama' was so well crafted to a climax, or in this case, a collapse! The actual swoon of our impatient and overly excited main character comes after shopping, Christmas crafts and making cookies with the loooong wait becoming just too much to bear!
Usually, as authors, we want to create crazy, over-the-top events
As a continuation of Llama stories, we relate and sympathize with this adorable character and his mom as they get closer and closer to Christmas.As an author, I was looking at how the 'drama' was so well crafted to a climax, or in this case, a collapse! The actual swoon of our impatient and overly excited main character comes after shopping, Christmas crafts and making cookies with the loooong wait becoming just too much to bear!
Usually, as authors, we want to create crazy, over-the-top events leading up to a climax, but in this case, the build up and the climax worked so well because of the relatability of the normal Christmas activities as well as the impatient excitement of any child. So well done!
Of course, Anna Dewdney also managed to effortlessly bring it to a comforting conclusion emphasizing the value of family love over gifts.
I laughed, I learned, I loved this book!
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We have What a wonderful colorful book that talks about waiting on the Holidays and how hard it is on little ones to do so. My grand daughter had me read this to her twice in a row and helped me by picking out words she is learning in kindergarten. Momma and Baby Llama's adventures are so similar to our actual waiting for Christmas to arrive that I laughed and laughed. Wonderful bright colors make this book one that I know we will be reading it many thing every October - Jan 1 for years to come.
We have both the hardback as well as a thick-paged book for our 2 year old grandniece as a gift. ...more
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