The Littlest Llama
Author: Jane Buxton
Illustrator: Jenny Cooper
Publisher: Sterling (March 2008)
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Buxton has written a wonderful story in rhyme that every child will be able to relate to. Don't you hate it when you want to play, but there's nobody to play with? Little llama wants to wrestle, jump, and chase all day, but there’s no friend nearby who wants to play.
“…the grown-up llamas had work to do. They had food to find and cud to chew...There was no one to play with the littlest llama.
No one had time, not even his mama.”
So the dejected little guy sets off without a goodbye in search of a playful pal. Soon he’s crossing the ridges and bridges of the high altiplano where he lives. But is he going too far? And who will he find? When he grows tired, he returns home to find a newborn cousin who asks the littlest llama to play.
But the littlest llama is too tired from his adventures and replies, "Manana."
The couplets of rhyming verse make for a fun read-aloud and the earth-tone illustrations bring the llama's home to life, making you feel as though somebody just dropped you off in the middle of the Andean highlands. It's a wonderful book that gives children a peek into the life of a llama from finding food, to chewing cud, bathing in the dust, neck-wrestling, and spitting when irritated. At the end of the book is a list of animals found in the South American high country, and encourages children to find the animals throughout the illustrations! What a great idea!
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