Llama Llama Misses Mama
Author and Illustrator: Anna Dewdney
Genre: Fiction
Ages: 3-5 years
Themes: School, Family
Summary: Llama llama has to go to school for the first time and is very sad without her mama there with her. Once little llama learns to have fun and makes friends at school, she is very excited to go back again.
Pre-Reading Activity: Ask students what is something that makes them sad or that they are scared about. Let them draw a picture about it.
Post-Reading Activity: Ask students to discuss what Llama Llama was so worried about in this story. Then discuss what happened that made llama feel better. Let students illustrate on a paper with 2 boxes what they were sad about and what they can do to feel better.
Reflection: This is a great book to use to help students feel more at ease about coming to school or just about any issues that worry them in general. It is a very easy to read story with a lot of rhyming text.
About the Author
Anna Dewdney
Anna Dewdney is the author/illustrator of many books in the Llama Llama series. She lives in an old hold in Central Vermont and is the mother of two daughter and two dogs.
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