Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse

by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox (Illustrator)

Overview

In the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world…from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse.

Llama’s back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN… this time with his best camelid, Alpaca!

Llama loves cooking. And baking. And, above all, eating.

For breakfast, Llama makes one epic spread…as well as a big mess.

But Llama hates cleaning.

So by lunch, Llama has cooked up something really devious—an idea!—and by second lunch, Llama has cloned his most fastidious friend, Alpaca, to clean his house. And Llama doesn’t stop at just one clone.

By dinner, the alpaca clones threaten to tidy the world into utter destruction—THE ALPACALYPSE* IS HERE!

Will Llama be able to fix it all before dessert?

*That’s “apocalypse” with an alpaca—get it?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250222855
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Series:	A Llama Book , #2
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jonathan Stutzman is an award-winning filmmaker and a picture book author. He is the author of numerous books for children, including Don't Feed the Coos, Santa Baby, the Llama trilogy, and the Tiny T-Rex series. He received his masters at Temple University for film and digital media. He lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with his wife, the illustrator Heather Fox. Fitz and Cleo is his debut graphic novel.

Heather Fox is an illustrator and graphic designer, creating art in pen and ink, digital, and gouache. She is the illustrator of Don't Feed the Coos, Santa Baby, and the Llama trilogy. She lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with her husband, the writer Jonathan Stutzman. Fitz and Cleo is her debut graphic novel.

Editorial Reviews

A Kids' Indie Next List Top 10 Pick

"Viewers don’t need to be familiar with Llama’s previous antics to appreciate the goofy absurdity of this outing, though the cumulative humor of Llama’s destructive tendencies is delightful...plenty of opportunities for some zesty performance work, and audiences can only hope that this isn’t Llama’s last effort to bring about the end of days." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for Llama Destroys the World:

“Silly fun.”—People Magazine

“[A] super silly, amazingly original, best-when-read-aloud picture book.”—BookPage

“Filled with llama drama and will having everyone laughing out loud.”—Romper

“Dessert has never seemed so epic.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“The goofy premise itself will elicit giggles, but it’s innocently wide-eyed Llama who really sells the silliness of the story.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Review

“Will make Rubin and Salmieri's fans split their own pants.” —Kirkus Reviews

“[T]his story will have readers chuckling again and again and coming back for more, just like Llama.”—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2020-03-29
Llamas, alpacas, and clones—oh my!

In this sequel to Llama Destroys the World (2019), hapless Llama once again wreaks unintentional, large-scale havoc—but this time, he (sort of) saves the day, too. After making an epic breakfast (and epic mess), Llama decides to build a machine that will enable him to avoid cleaning up. No, not a vacuum or dishwasher: It’s a machine that Llama uses to clone his friend “of impeccable tidiness,” Alpaca, in order to create an “army of cleaners.” Cream-colored Llama and light-brown Alpaca, both male, are pear shaped with short, stubby legs, bland expressions, and bulging eyes. Paired with the cartoon illustrations, the text’s comic timing shines: “Llama invited Alpaca over for lunch. / Llama invited Alpaca into the Replicator 3000. / And then, Llama invited disaster.” Soon the house is full of smiling Alpacas in purple scalloped aprons, single-mindedly cleaning—and, as one might expect, things don’t go as planned. Mealtimes (i.e. “second lunch” and dinner) offer opportunities for the “alpacalypse” to emerge from Llama’s house into the wider world. Everyday life grinds to a halt as the myriad Alpacas bearing mops, dusters, and plungers continue their cleaning crusade with no signs of stopping. That is, until the Alpacas realize they are hungry….It’s all very funny, but the sight of the paler-coated Llama exploiting the darker-coated Alpaca, for whom nothing brings “more joy than cleaning,” is an uncomfortable one.

For many readers, uneasy optics will take the fun out of this romp. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews