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  • Published: 30 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593352441
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $37.00

Llama Llama Back to School



A Netflix Original series

From bestselling author and storyteller Anna Dewdney comes a back-to-school story featuring the beloved Llama Llama!

A Netflix Original series

From bestselling author and storyteller Anna Dewdney comes a back-to-school story featuring the beloved Llama Llama!

Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn’t ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is for summer to go on forever! He’s anxious about his first day back at school but maybe, with some help from his friends and Mama Llama, going back to school will be fun after all!

With over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort with catchy rhymes, effortless rhythm, and adorable artwork.

  • Published: 30 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593352441
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $37.00

About the authors

Anna Dewdney

Anna Dewdney passed away in September 2016, at the age of fifty, from cancer. 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 eighteenth 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 was a warm-hearted, wonderful, wise soul who will be forever missed, but whose spirit lives on in her books.

Praise for Llama Llama Back to School

"With a carefully crafted rhyming text and comforting painted images that match genuinely the emotion of a toddler's first night away from home, this book is a charming success." --School Library Journal on Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa

"A real charmer that will leave preschoolers giggling and parents appreciating the familiar scenario." --Booklist on Llama Llama Red Pajama

"This book lays out the building blocks of reading in a classroom setting--from learning the alphabet to sounding out words--and makes learning how to read look like an exciting adventure." -- Common Sense Media on Llama Llama Loves to Read

"Dewdney's tale is bound to become a comical classic." --Kirkus Reviews on Llama Llama Red Pajama

"An involving read-aloud, one that will leave kids and parents hoping Llama has many more adventures ahead." --Publishers Weekly on Llama Llama Mad at Mama

"The expressive animal faces and attention to detail make it a charming addition." --Publishers Weekly on Llama Llama Misses Mama

"A worthy addition to the Llama collection, just right for readers' own sick days."--Kirkus Reviews on Llama Llama Home with Mama

* "Once again, Dewdney conveys a highly relatable source of llama drama with warmth and authentically childlike characters." --Publishers Weekly, starred review of Llama Llama Time to Share