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Llama Llama and the Bully Goat By Anna Dewdney Book Review By: Jessica Broggi

__**Biographical Data: **__
 * ISBN-13: 9780670013951
 * Publisher: Viking Juvenile
 * Publication date: 8/6/2013
 * Pages: 40
 * Age range: 3 - 5 Years

__**Summary: **__

Llama Llama and the bully goat is a children’s book that explains the importance of not bullying and making friends at school. The story starts off with the routine of a normal day in preschool. The rest of the students, including Llama Llama, have to deal with Gilroy the bully goat. All throughout the day, Gilroy snickers at the others during class time, and during recess, he kicks up sand and knocks over the toys and equipment of others. “Being bullied is no fun” and Llama Llama and Nelly the gnus learn to “walk away and tell someone.” Gilroy got a time out and learns that bullying does not make friends. He then participates in class with his friends. Through gentle rhymes colorful images Anna Dewdney teaches the lesson of getting adults involved when being bullied.

__**Review: **__

I first came across the llama llama series at a nursery school I volunteered at. They have several books from this series and they are in the reading center for the kids to look at. What I really enjoy about these books, especially llama llama and the bully goat, is that Anna Dewdney teachers a lesson that most preschoolers have to deal with and learn to fix the problem or learn to adapt to a new situation. Young children can relate to this book, the pictures match the story perfectly and the rhymes engage the students in the story. The students at the nursery school love this book and I have read it to several students when volunteering there. I recommended reading this book (and others in the llama llama series) to young children. This is a great books to use to teach about bullying, moral lessons, and how to be a good friend and studnet.

__**Analysis of a literary Element: **__

One element that really caught my eye in Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, where the illustrations. Dewdney’s canvas-textured paintings capture the emotions of the characters and follow the story line perfectly. Even without reading the words on the pages you can get an understanding of what the words convey just by examining the illustrations. The illustrations are vivid, bold, and take up most, if not all of the page. The pictures make reading the book fun and interesting and help children understand the message of the book. The pictures is also a great way of getting the children involved in reading story by having them tell the story through the pictures.



__ **Author Biography: ** __

Anna Dewdney is the author of the Llama Llama picture book series. The series is on the New York Times bestselling list. She comes from a family of five and is still close to her parents, and has two grown-up daughters of her own. She currently lives in Vermont with three beloved dogs. Anna Dewdnew spends most of her free time working in her studio to create for fabulous pictures and writing books.


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