Title: Llama Llama Time to Share
Author: Anna
Dewdney
Illustrator:
Anna Dewdney
Publishing
Company: Pearson
Copyright:
2012
# of
Pages: 31
Genre/Category:
Poetry
I chose this book because I have
been hearing about the Llama Llama books, but I had not read one. In Llama
Llama Time to Share, the new girl
from down the street, Gnu, comes to visit. Llama thinks he can share his toys
with Gnu, until she wants to play with Fuzzy Llama. Llama gets very upset, and
the children end up ripping Fuzzy Llama’s arm off. Fuzzy Llama gets fixed, and
Llama and Gnu learn to share with each other in the end.
The
illustrations were created using oil paints, colored pencils, and oil pastels
on primed canvas. The illustrator did a very good job of portraying the
character’s emotions through the illustrations. Cool colors were used when
Llama and Gnu were getting along, but the background changes to warm colors
when they begin to argue. One page is completely wordless, but it is clear to
see what is going on. The illustrations are outlined within the same color
family as the illustrations.
I
think this book would be appropriate for children ages 3-6. The moral and the
words seem a little too basic for children older than 6. This book would be a
good book to use when discussing sharing or working together in a group with
children. Teachers could also use this book to teach about poetry. Another way
this book could be used in the classroom would be to teach children how to make
predictions as they read. There are a few pages that could be used for this.
For example, there is a page where Llama is grabbing Fuzzy Llama’s arm from
Gnu. The teacher could ask the student’s what they think might happen next.
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