My Llama Drama

<p><strong><em>But blow me down, I swear it’s true -  one llama said, “You want some stew?”</em></strong></p><p>Something strange is going on at the llama farm. The llamas seem to be talking! A talking herd of llamas, can that be?</p><p>A humorous and charming picture book about a bunch of quirky llamas just trying to be heard. The perfect beginning reader story, designed to entertain and enchant children aged 2-7 while supporting them to enjoy the pleasures of language through clever use of rhyme and repetition. Great for children learning colours and adjectives, too!</p><p><strong>Featurin</strong></p><ul><li>28 pages of lively, fun and colourful illustrations</li><li>Written in engaging rhyme to support beginning readers</li><li>Educational material at the back of the book</li><li>Entertaining and funny</li><li>Hard-wearing premium matte hardback cover</li><li>Case laminate</li></ul><p><strong>Why rhyme?</strong></p><ul><li>Developing phonemic awareness early is an important part of learning to read. It teaches children how language works and helps them notice and work with sounds within sounds.</li><li>Children can begin to predict text. This supports children seeing themselves as readers early</li><li>Rhyme helps children experience the rhythm of language and can support reading with expression down the track.</li><li>Rhyme is an important factor for learning to write. It assists a child to understand language and spelling patterns, and common sound elements. For example, word families.</li><li>It helps children develop their oral language skills and studies have shown it can even help children improve their recall and memorisation skills!</li><li>Rhyme is so much fun!</li></ul><p><strong>About the autho</strong>r</p><p>Lisa Kalma lives with her husband, son and ancient cat in Canberra, Australia. A primary school teacher with a love of Dr Seuss and Roald Dahl, Lisa loves nothing better than writing stories for children of all ages that make them snort-laugh into their juice.</p><p>For more information about Lisa and her books visit www.lisakalma.com.</p>