Llama Llama and the Bully Goat

by Anna Dewdney

Overview

Llama Llama likes to sing.

 

Gilroy laughs at everything.

Llama sings out just the same.

Gilroy says a not-nice name.

 

Teacher has some things to say:

calling names is not OK.

 

Llama Llama is learning lots of new things at school and making many friends. But when Gilroy Goat starts teasing him and some of their classmates, Llama Llama isn't sure what to do. And then he remembers what his teacher told him—walk away and tell someone. It works! But then Llama Llama feels badly. Can he and Gilroy try to be friends again?

 

Taking on a difficult but important part of children's lives, Anna Dewdney gives readers a way to experience and discuss bullying in a safe and comforting way. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780670013951
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/06/2013
Series:	Llama Llama Series
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD330L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Anna Dewdney was a teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of reading aloud to children. She continually honed her skills as an artist and writer and published her first Llama Llama book in 2005. Her passion for creating extended to home and garden and she lovingly restored an 18th century farmhouse in southern Vermont. She wrote, painted, gardened, and lived there with her partner, Reed, her two daughters, two wirehaired pointing griffons, and one bulldog. Anna passed away in 2016, but her spirit will live on in her books.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for LLAMA LLAMA AND THE BULLY GOAT by Anna Dewdney:

"Dewdney’s lovable Llama Llama offers children one strategy to combat bullying, all couched in her trademark rhyming verse and presented through situations that are sure to resonate with those new-to-school." —Kirkus 

“[Dewdney] writes touchingly about the emotions of young children… [offering] a model for empathy, courage and forgiveness.” —New York Times Book Review

"A great discussion starter." —School Library Journal  

Editorial Reviews

Praise for LLAMA LLAMA AND THE BULLY GOAT by Anna Dewdney:

"Dewdney’s lovable Llama Llama offers children one strategy to combat bullying, all couched in her trademark rhyming verse and presented through situations that are sure to resonate with those new-to-school." —Kirkus 

“[Dewdney] writes touchingly about the emotions of young children… [offering] a model for empathy, courage and forgiveness.” —New York Times Book Review

"A great discussion starter." —School Library Journal  

From the Publisher

Llama, Llama Red Pajama: New York Times Bestseller, Booksense 76 selection, Bookspan/Children’s Book of the Month Club selection, Texas 2 x 2 Reading List (2006), Wanda Gag Award Honor Book (2006), A Bank Street Best Children’s Book and Outstanding Merit title for ages 5 under (2006), A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy (Pennsylvania, 2005), A Ladybug Picture Book Award Nominee (New Hampshire, 2006); Llama Llama Mad at Mama: 2008 Booksense Book of the Year Honor Book, New York Times Bestseller, Booksense Pick, 2008 Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award winner, 2008 Alabama Emphasis on Reading Program winner; NoBunny’s Perfect: South Carolina Children’s Book Award, 2010; Llama Llama Holiday Drama: New York Times Bestseller; Llama Llama Home with Mama: New York Times Bestseller; Llama Llama Time to Share: New York Times Bestseller

(partial list) - Awards

Llama Llama loves the fun things he gets to do at school, but will a Bully Goat ruin his day? Writing, drawing, counting, playing with clay, singing songs during circle time--what's not to love about school? Well, being called names and laughed at for clapping and singing along, for one thing. Being the target of sand that's kicked and dirt that's thrown for another. Teacher has already made it clear that Gilroy Goat's name-calling will not be tolerated, but Teacher isn't near the sandbox. What will Llama Llama and Nelly Gnu do? Stand up to him, of course: "Gilroy, this is not OK. / Stop it, or we'll go away." They then walk away and tell a teacher. After Gilroy's requisite lecture and long timeout, kindly Llama Llama approaches him, offering to let him play. While the resolution is too pat, and everyone gets over their feelings unbelievably quickly, still, Dewdney's lovable Llama Llama offers children one strategy to combat bullying, all couched in her trademark rhyming verse and presented through situations that are sure to resonate with those new-to-school. Her textured oil, colored-pencil and oil-pastel illustrations shine when portraying the animals' faces--joy, discomfort, surprise, anger, stubbornness, disappointment are all crystal-clear on them. While children should not expect a Bully Goat to change his ways so quickly, this does provide them with some tools against bullying. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews