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| Llama Llama Mad at Mama | 
 enlarge | Creator: Anna Dewdney
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 1184
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0670062405
EAN: 9780670062409
ASIN: 0670062405
Publication Date: September 6, 2007
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Yucky music, great big feet. Ladies smelling way too sweet. Look at knees and stand in line. Llama Llama starts to whine. Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama cant leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Lots of aisles. Long lines. Mama is too busy to notice that Llama Llama is getting m-a-d! And before he knows it, hes having a full-out tantrum! Mama quickly calms him down, but she also realizes that they need to make shopping more fun for both of them. Parents and children are sure to recognize themselves in this fun-to-read follow-up to the popular Llama Llama Red Pajama.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 One of the best picture books of the year September 8, 2007
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book could easily become one of your child's favorites, as its story is so honest and easy to relate to. When a mother llama takes her young son with her as she goes shopping, the boy gets so bored he throws a tantrum. She stays calm, however, and convinces him to shop with her as a team. Eventually they get ice cream cones and all is well.
The tale is told in short, witty rhymes that are fun to read aloud and say together. For example, the boy's growing impatience in a shopping mall is described thusly:
"Yucky music, great big feet.
Ladies smelling way too sweet.
Look at knees and stand in line.
Llama Llama starts to whine."
Like other good picture books, this one is effortless to read, as each of its 15 page spreads has only about four lines, like those above. The artwork, by the author herself, illustrates the shopping trip in an entertaining, colorful manner. Designed for years of use, the book has a reinforced binding, and a dust jacket that's printed with the same art as that on the cover itself.
This title is a followup to 2005's Llama, Llama Red Pajama.
 This Mama Loves Llama Llama October 18, 2007
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Llama llama reminds me a lot of my children and I, well? Am not always as kind as Llama Mama. The good thing is, this colorful, amusing book is so much fun that it gets us talking about ways to handle situations with more flair and less fighting.
I was reading this aloud to my son at my local book store and a woman walking by looking for books for some children she knew said she HAD to buy it because simply listening to me read it made her happy. The rhythms and rhymes are fun and clever and the illustrations are icing on the cake. I never knew llamas could have such divine (and diverse!) facial expressions.
Also - what makes the art so exceptional is that it is very colorful and detailed but not TOO much to be overwhelming to the child so that the story itself gets missed by having "too much art."
One note - the age here says 9 - 12 in one section. I would think it is far more suited to late preschool, early elementary age children - although it is a read aloud older siblings would enjoy reading to the little ones.
Joy for the whole family October 20, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
We (me and my children) all like Anna Dewdney's IIama books. We love the rhythmic verse, the rhymes, and the warmth of the stories. The book is beautifully illustrated and it is a joy for all of us. As for other great books I also recommend Llama, Llama Red Pajama and the series of Rascal the cat (Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 1; Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 2; Why Some Cats are Rascals ( Book 3))
Great book - may need some guided discussion though... October 1, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
We read Llama Llama Red Pajama all the time and so were really looking forward to this new book. It is wonderfully illustrated and has quickly become a new favorite. However within a few days I noticed my 3 year old throwing his toys and yelling "Smash the cart and Bash the signs" just like the Llama in the book. In our house such behavior leads to Time Out so now when we read the story I insert a little guidance such as "We don't do that do we?" and we talk about what we can do instead when we feel mad.
 i like mama November 28, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
this is a nice book with cute rhymes and lovely drawings, but i agree with a previous poster that the naughty little llama behaviour if done by my son would normally result in leaving the store and going home for a time-out. such a temper tantrum certainly wouldn't merit a treat from the ice cream store, as seen on the final page! but my son (almost 3) liked the book and it did prompt a discussion about whether i would react the same way as the ever-patient mama llama. (nope - my son didn't think so)
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