Picture Book #14 Llama Llama Red Pajama

TITLE: Llama, Llama, Red Pajama
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney.
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book
THEME: How to handle sepeartion anxiety or fears of the night/dark
AWARDS: Wanda Gag Honor Book, 2006
CHARACTERS: Baby Llama, Mama Llama

PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Scholastic, 2005

SUMMARY: Mama Llama prepares Baby Llama for bed time; however, when she leaves, the anxiety begins.  Baby Llama becomes anxious, scared, nervous, and all other types of emotions!  When Mama Llama does not immediately come back, Baby Llama begins to worry even more.  She finally comes back to Baby Llama and reassures him.  Through out the story, Baby Llama continue to show these feelings as well as the resolution when his mother returns.  This book would be excellent for younger children as a lesson about anxiety, because it something all children can connect with.