Llama Llama Misses Mama

Llama Llama Misses Mama is written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney.

Picture Book

K - 2nd Grade

4 out of 5

Llama Llama Misses Mama is about a little llama who goes to his first day of school and realizes that he really misses his mama. It isn't until he finds out that his mom will come back at the end of the day to pick him up that he begins to have fun and then when his mama finally comes to get him he realizes how much he loves her.
I think that this book is absolutely adorable. Everything from the pictures to the story make a great book. This book was really easy to read because of the rhyming and you could read it with rhythm. The rhymes would also make it easier for children to read. I really liked the pictures in this book because they were full pages and there was a full picture page before and after the story. The pictures were adorable and you could really feel Llama's emotion through them when he was sad at school. They were bright and the animals were all so cute. I feel like many people can relate to this story because we've all been in a new experience where we may have felt alone.
I think that Llama Llama Misses Mama could be used in a kindergarten classroom but not really in any older classrooms. I think this because it is more aimed at children just starting school. I think that it would be great to use in the very beginning of the school year or even the first day of school to make scared children, just like Llama, feel more comfortable in the classroom. I know when I am a mom I will read this book to my children when they are getting ready to go to school.