Llama, Llama Red Pajama

All Ages

Birth - 12 months

by Anna Dewdney

In this infectious rhyming and read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama-drama. Young children will relate to Baby Llama's need for comfort, as much as parents will appreciate Mama Llama's reassuring message.

Age: 2 Year-olds | Title: Llama, Llama Red Pajama | Author: Anna Dewdney | Publisher: Viking Children's Books

Why we chose this book

Put on your own pajamas and snuggle with your little one for a bedtime story of Llama Llama Red Pajama. The large pages and full-size pictures are filled with color and familiar bedtime scenes. The story reads in a steady beat with short sentences and matching rhymes. Carefully-selected colored words in bold appear frequently to emphasize the action, and are perfect for your child to sound out. Your child will easily relate to Llama Llama if they are also never without their security doll or blanket, stall before bedtime, or get scarred in the dark when they are alone.

This is a great beginning reader book for your child to practice on. No matter who is reading, your child may want to stop and share their own story of when they were scarred after being tucked in. You can find the humor together of the Llama's little llama doll copying his every expression, and the extent to which Baby Llama goes in his temper tantrum when Mama Llama does not come quick enough.

My friend Taylor said she has been scared at night too, but her mom always makes her feel better by giving her a hug and a kiss and leaving the door slightly open. Taylor's mom reads her this book as a bedtime story so she can reiterate at the end that she will not be far - just in the next room - while Taylor falls asleep, so there is nothing to be scared about.

--Audra

What our readers are saying

I must say that this book did not disappoint! I love reading this one to my daughter because all the sentences rhyme and it's funny. How can you go wrong with lines like "Please stop all this llama drama and be patient for your mama."?! The story is about little llama who is tucked in the bed but as soon as mama llama leaves, he gets scared of the dark. My daughter can relate to this because she has started a phase where she's scared of the dark. I hope that by reading about it and seeing there's nothing to be afraid of, that it will help her over her fears.

--Amber Jordan, I Heart Giveaways

This is a quick rhyming book about a little llama and his llama mama! Talk about lots of drama when baby llama wants mama llama! Whew! Say that ten times fast. This book is cute in that the drama unfolds as baby llama wants his mama, but she is busy at that very second! As we read it, I point out to Broxton that see? Mama is near by... she is just busy at the moment... Just go ahead and go to sleep... I am just in the other room, as is baby llama's mama! :) The illustration in this book is full of bright and fun colors! The story is of short sentences that are quick and easy to read!

--Noelle Davis, Jumpin Beans