Llama Llama Red Pajama was writen by Anna Dewdney and published by Viking, a Penguin Group.
Let me just quote the whole book for my readers. If you think the poem is cute, the illustrations are soft and warm for any child to view.
Llama Llama
red pajama
reads a story
with his mama.
Mama kisses
baby's hair.
Mama Llama
goes downstairs.
Llama llama
red pajama
feels alone
without his mama.
Baby Llama wants a drink.
Mama's at the kitchen sink.
Llama llama
red pajama
calls down to
his llama mama.
Mama says
she'll be up soon.
Baby Llama
hums a tune.
Llama llama
red pajama
waiting waiting
for his mama.
Mama isn't
coming yet.
Baby Llama
starts to fret.
Llama llama
red pajama
whimpers softly
for his mama.
Mama Llama
hears the phone.
Baby Llama
starts to moan...
Llama llama
red pajama
listens, quiet,
for his mama.
What is Mama Llama doing?
Baby Llama
starts boo hoing-ing.
Llama llama
red pajama
hollers loudly
for his mama.
Baby Llama
stomps and pouts.
Baby Llama
jumps and shouts.
Llama llama
red pajama
in the dark
without his mama.
Eyes wide open,
covers drawn...
What if Mama Llama's GONE?
Llama llama
red pajama weeping, wailing
for his mama.
Will his mama ever come?
Moma Llama, RUN RUN RUN!
(The next page shows the Llama Mama rushing, panicking, and opening the door of the baby llama's room.)
Baby Llama
what a tizzy!
Sometimes Mama's
very busy.
Please Stop all this
Llama drama
and be patient
for your mama.
Little Llama
don't you know,
Mama Llama
loves you so?
Llama llama
red pajama
gets two kisses
from his mama,
snuggles pillow
soft and deep...
Baby Llama
goes to sleep.
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I recieved this book free from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. She started this foundation in Tennesee where it caught on in other states. It is not in every district. A person would have to contact their local library to see if it was offered. If you have children from birth to five years old, the imagination library will mail children's books to your house. I strongly recomend being apart of this coalition. If your area is not apart of this coalition, find out how it can.
I like this book. I looks like time and energy was invested in this book. My children enjoy the rythm and rhyme of the story. I like the rythm and rhyme, too.
In the illustration we feel the emotions of the baby llama, and we feel empathy for him. Haven't we all been scared once? The love we see from the mother is so heart warming. If we have not felt this motherly love before, we experience it in this book, and a parent's love is conveyed.
I recomend this book for children and parent. I also recomend it for adults who do not have children or ever plan on having children. I think that there is something special in reading a good children's book from Dr. Seus to the Little Engine who said, "I think I can". It is no shame to read books with pictures as an adult. Just appreciating good work and craftmanship is special.
Thank you,
Ronald Bruinius
June 18, 2009
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