Llama Llama Mad at Mama

Author: Anna Dewdney

Title: Llama Llama Mad at Mama

Illustrator: Anna Dewdney

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Children's Book

Theme: Good behavior gets rewarded.

Primary and secondary characters: Llama and Mama Llama

Award(s) date of publication: None, 2007

Publishing Company: Viking Juvenile

Brief Summary and how I would use this book with students: Llama Llama Mad at Mama is a book about a little llama who is at the grocery store with his mom while she is shopping. The little llama doe not want to be there saying that he is bored and begins to throw a tantrum. The mother quickly turns the situation around telling him that she thinks that shopping is boring too but atleast they get to do it together. The llama begins to behave and they finish there grocery shopping. Since little llama behaves the rest of the time Mama Llama takes him to get ice cream after they leave. This book could be used in the classroom when teaching students about following the rules and behaving in the classroom. It is a fun book for younger children and it uses rhyming to grab the children's attention.