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  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9780593116715
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 36
  • RRP: $21.99

Llama Llama Misses Mama





From bestselling and beloved storyteller Anna Dewdney comes a back-to-school story to help little ones to realize that school can be fun and at the end of the day Mama always comes back!

Strange new teacher.
Strange new toys.
Lots of kids and lots of noise!

What would Llama like to do?
Llama Llama feels so new . . .

It’s Llama Llama’s first day of preschool! And Llama Llama’s mama makes sure he’s ready. They meet the teachers. See the other children. Look at all the books and games. But then it’s time for Mama to leave. And suddenly Llama Llama isn’t so excited anymore. Will Mama Llama come back?

Of course she will. But before she does, the other children show Llama Llama how much fun school can be!

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  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9780593116715
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 36
  • RRP: $21.99

About the author

Anna Dewdney

Anna Dewdney passed away in September 2016, at the age of fifty, from cancer. A teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of reading aloud to children, she continually honed her skills as an artist and writer and published her first Llama Llama book in 2005. Her passion for creating extended to home and garden, and she lovingly restored an eighteenth century farmhouse in southern Vermont. She wrote, painted, gardened, and lived there with her partner, Reed, her two daughters, two wirehaired pointing griffons, and one bulldog. Anna was a warm-hearted, wonderful, wise soul who will be forever missed, but whose spirit lives on in her books.

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Praise for Llama Llama Misses Mama

"With a carefully crafted rhyming text and comforting painted images that match genuinely the emotion of a toddler's first night away from home, this book is a charming success." --School Library Journal on Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa

"A real charmer that will leave preschoolers giggling and parents appreciating the familiar scenario." --Booklist on Llama Llama Red Pajama

"This book lays out the building blocks of reading in a classroom setting -- from learning the alphabet to sounding out words -- and makes learning how to read look like an exciting adventure." --Common Sense Media on Llama Llama Loves to Read

"Dewdney's tale is bound to become a comical classic." --Kirkus Reviews on Llama Llama Red Pajama

"An involving read-aloud, one that will leave kids and parents hoping Llama has many more adventures ahead." --Publishers Weekly on Llama Llama Mad at Mama

"The expressive animal faces and attention to detail make it a charming addition." --Publishers Weekly on Llama Llama Misses Mama

"A worthy addition to the Llama collection, just right for readers' own sick days."--Kirkus Reviews on Llama Llama Home with Mama

* "Once again, Dewdney conveys a highly relatable source of llama drama with warmth and authentically childlike characters." --Publishers Weekly, starred review of Llama Llama Time to Share

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