New Releases by Anna Dewdney

It’s almost Christmas! Time for gift giving, song singing, and cookie decorating. Llama Llama and Mama celebrate the holidays in this fifth board book by Anna Dewdney.

Collects four rhyming stories in which Llama Llama gets up to start a brand new day, exercises, has fun at the playground, and follows his regular bedtime routine.

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.

Llama has a sharing drama! Build a tower. Make a moat. Nelly''s dolly sails a boat. What can Llama Llama add? Maybe sharing''s not so bad. Llama Llama has new neighbors! Nelly Gnu and her mama stop by for a play date, but Llama''s not so sure it''s time to share all his toys. Maybe just his blocks? It could be fun to make a castle with Nelly . . . But wait--Nelly has Llama''s little Fuzzy Llama! The fun turns to tears when Fuzzy Llama is ripped in two, "all because of Nelly Gnu!" Mama comes to the rescue and fixes Fuzzy, but she makes it clear: "I''ll put Fuzzy on the stairs, until you''re sure that you can share." Fun to read aloud and helpful to children and parents alike, Llama Llama Time to Share is for any child who needs a little encouragement in sharing.

Start a brand-new day the Llama way with this new board book by Anna Dewdney. A good day starts with breakfast and brushing, kissing and hugging.

What’s the best part of bedtime? Stories with Mama! Before cuddling, Llama Llama must splish and splash in the tub, then put his red pajamas on. Dewdney’s catchy rhymes, effortless rhythm, and adorable artwork can now be enjoyed by even younger audiences. Toddlers will love this pair of perfect read-alouds.

It''s bedtime and Baby Llama starts to worry as soon as his Mama leaves the room. His whimpers turn to hollers and before long it''s an all-out llama drama!

Llama Llama, morning light. Feeling yucky, just not right. Down to breakfast. Tiny sneeze. Sniffle, snuffle. Tissues, please! Ah-choo! Uh-oh, Llama Llama''s nose is feeling tickly, his throat is feeling scratchy, and his head is feeling stuffy. Back to bed, no school today for Llama Llama! Instead, he''s home with Mama. By lunchtime, though, he''s beginning to feel a tiny bit better. But now someone else has the sneezes . . . Mama! And who will help her feel better? Why, Llama Llama, of course! Anna Dewdney''s fun-to-read rhymes are sure to help children and their parents get through those under-the-weather days.

Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.

A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.