Review - Llama Llama Home with Mama

Llama Llama Home with Mama (Llama Llama)
by Anna Dewdney
Date: 2011
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 40
Format: hardcover
Source: library

Llama Llama, morning light.
Feeling yucky, just not right.
Down to breakfast.
Tiny sneeze.
Sniffle, snuffle.
Tissues, please!

Ah-choo! Uh-oh, Llama Llama's nose is feeling tickly, his throat is feeling scratchy, and his head is feeling stuffy. Back to bed, no school today for Llama Llama! Instead, he's home with Mama. By lunchtime, though, he's beginning to feel a tiny bit better. But now someone else has the sneezes... Mama! And who will help her feel better? Why, Llama Llama, of course! Anna Dewdney's fun-to-read rhymes are sure to help children and their parents get through those under-the-weather days.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

Here's another cute Llama Llama book, perfect for reading aloud when the kids are feeling under the weather.

Llama Llama wakes up feeling gross. He's got a cold, so he has to stay home from school. Mama takes care of him, feeding him soup and making sure he gets enough rest. But just when he starts feeling a little bit better, Mama comes down with the same thing! Although Llama Llama is feeling kind of bored, he steps up and tries to make his mom feel better.

It's a sweet book with a sweet message. I could've done without some of the rhymes about snot, but kids will probably love them. This is yet another wonderful Llama Llama book to add to your collection.

Premise: 4/5
Meter: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Illustrations: 4/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 4/5

Overall: 3.86 out of 5