¿Tu mamá es una llama? (Is Your Mama a Llama?)

by Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg

Lloyd the llama is looking for his mama. "Is your mama a llama?" he asks a bat, a swan, a cow, a seal, and a kangaroo. Young children will share Lloyd's delight when the answer to his question is finally, "Yes!" With rhyme and riddle, and the perfect narration by Amy Madigan, this charming story will soon become a favorite. Animated by Virginia Wilkos. Perfect for ELL students because of the repetition of phrases.

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Is Your Mama a Llama?

by Deborah Guarino

Includes a Big Book, 6 standard paperbacks, a storage bag, and a Teaching Guide. This unit includes an audio cd!

Whimsical rhyming riddles help Lloyd the baby llama guess what kind of animal everyone?s mama is. ?An enchanting animal guessing game.? - SLJ

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Is Your Mama a Llama?

Author: Deborah Guarino

Illustrator: Steven Kellogg

Interest Level:
Pre-K-1

Lexile Framework:
290L

Grade Level Equivalent:
1.6

Guided Reading Level:
L

Age:
2-7

Genre:
Rhyming Story

Subject:
Animal Babies and Parents

"Is your mama a llama?" Lloyd, the baby llama, asks his creature friends, including Dave, the bat; Fred, the duckling; Jane, the calf; and Clyde, the seal, among others. Each question Lloyd asks forms one half of an elegant rhymed couplet that is completed by the answer each creature friend gives:
"'Is your mama a llama?' I asked my friend Clyde. ''No, she is not,' is how Clyde replied." Each animal then responds in a similar, playfully rhymed way to hint at what his mother is: "She's got flippers and whiskers and eats fish all day . . . I do not think llamas act quite in that way." Provided with a bit of information, Lloyd must guess at the answer: "'Oh,' I said. 'I'm beginning to feel that your mama must really be a . . . Seal!'" Before long, readers will join Lloyd in the fun of guessing just what each animal's mother is. The fact that the answers don't come until several pages after the question heightens the excitement of each animal encounter. At the book's heartwarming conclusion, Lloyd questions Llyn, a member of his own herd of llamas who leads him to his own mama.

Steven Kellogg provides full-color, mixed media illustrations that heighten the anticipation of Lloyd being reunited with his mother. This book is sure to charm and amuse any young reader who loves riddles, baby animals, and sure-footed rhyme.

About the Author

Deborah Guarino is best known to children as the author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed Is Your Mama a Llama?, a story which came to her during a visit to the zoo with her son, Josh.