Llama Llama Gives Thanks

Llama Llama

by Anna Dewdney

From beloved storyteller Anna Dewdney comes the perfect way to give a Llama Llama Thanksgiving board book!
 
In  Llama Llama Gives Thanks , it's Thanksgiving time for Llama Llama and his family! That means yummy foods and autumn leaves and being thankful for everything from pumpkin pies to blue skies. Thanksgiving may only come once year, but in Llama's family, giving thanks is always here!

With short and simple rhyming text, the Llama Llama board books introduce Llama Llama to babies and toddlers before they’re ready for longer full-length stories. And their small size and durable pages are perfect for little hands.

Llama Llama Gives Thanks was one of Anna’s final projects before she passed on in 2016. Her love of language, playful sensibility, and ability to entertain and comfort young children are evident in all of her books.

Genres: Thanksgiving, Picture Books, Childrens, Holiday, Animals, Fiction, Kids

14 pages, Board Book

Published August 15, 2017

About the author

Anna Dewdney was an award-winning children's-book author, illustrator, teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of literacy and reading aloud to children. She was the author of the bestselling Llama Llama Red Pajama series of picturebooks, among many others. She lived with her partner Reed Duncan in Vermont where she worked, gardened, and spent time with her daughters and dogs.

Reviews

[Moonkiszt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Featured in grandma reads session. . .

Who doesn't love a llama????? These were grateful llamas welcoming in the the autumnal season in all the ways we want our littlest citizens to muster up some inner-reflections and give thanks to the family and friends who care for them. Once that is mastered a broader rainbow of thankfulness can be considered. . . .

[debbicat *made of stardust* · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adore all of the Llama Llama books!

[Erin Dunlavy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet, simple rhyming book with adorable, as always, pictures. My daughter and I like this one and she likes being able to complete the lines as I read.

[Bridget Johnson (Jameson)]

This is really subpar compared to the other Llama Llama books.

[Sevi Sather · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is terrible. We love the Llama Llama series but this one has poor rhyming and cadence. Not written by the original author and it shows.

[Kendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

We have read in the past other Llama Llama books as a family. So when I found they had a book for thanksgiving I thought this was perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday. This book is fourteen pages long and a board book. Anna Dewdney has written 29 Llama Llama works. "Llama Llama Gives Thanks," is about Llama Llama and his family celebrating Thanksgiving. That means yummy food and spending time with family. This book is short and full of simple rhymes.

My younger two kids really enjoyed this book and how simple it was for them to understand what was taking place in the book. Anna Dewdney really created this book for younger kids in mind with the simple text. My older kids enjoyed it as well and laughed at the amazing illustrations throughout this book. The illustrations are colorful and really draw your eyes throughout the book. They also tell the story in more depth then the simple text. It's a perfect book to introduce what Thanksgiving is about to children.

[Ciara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Llama Llama Gives Thanks By: Anna Dewdney, is a wonderful book for kids of all ages and even those who might not even celebrate Thanksgiving. This book is so much bigger than the holiday itself, in showing the diversity of friends and family present, along with all the different types of food being made. It shows Llama Llama inviting loved ones into their home to spend time with one another, and not only being thankfully for the food they ate together, but for the people they were sharing with. It gave a good visual representation of the season they were in with pictures of trees and leaves of different colors falling with the breeze. Overall this book diversifies the holiday into something that is appropriate regardless of the holiday or if your students partake in it, the big message here is that we have many things to be thankful for.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jack borrowed this book from the Ashland Public Library.

To be fair, we have yet to read the original Llama Llama book, so we might be missing some subtleties or pointed patterns. That being said, the illustrations are cute and the llama family and their guests (wildebeests?) look like a fun crowd. I wish there were more complete sentences and a wider range of vocabulary. Jack paid attention for a few pages, but he wasn't really into it.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Browsing books to give my friends' children as gifts since I won't gift anything I haven't first read myself.

Another holiday book for the littlest Llama Llama fans. This is an abbreviated take on Thanksgiving, given tiny attention spans, but even then felt a bit abrupt. I think it could have done with a few more "thankful fors" to be complete. Still really cute though, and a definite contender for the board book crew.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a sweet little boardbook that is good for Thanksgiving and the holiday season. It is great for small people with short attention spans. Little dude enjoyed pointing out the details in the illustrations.

[Mama Bearian · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was disappointing for me. We do own it because my son loves Llama Llama, but there really isn’t much to it. There are maybe 4 words on a page, some of which don’t flow or make much sense. There are better choices out there for thanksgiving toddler books.

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine?
Short rhyming text. I had some issues with the rhythm.

About food and family and giving thanks on Thanksgiving and every day.

Few words, so it really is aimed at the true baby board book set.

[Maeghan Kostorowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is much more than Thanksgiving. This book teaches children the importance of giving thanks every day rather than just once a year on this holiday. This story gives readers a sense of what this holiday is about.

[Lori Tart · Rating 4 out of 5]

This sweet board book was the perfect read for my "Baby Birds" preschool class. They're already fans of our beloved Llama Llama and this helped to make the concept of being thankful easy to understand.

[Adriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Llama Llama and his family.

Highlights: Illustrations are detailed enough to talk about different activities in addition to just reading.

Lowlights: Not many pages compared to Llama Llama Red Pajama.

[MaryLibrarianOH · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple board books that encourages giving thanks at Thanksgiving and all year round. With the recognizable Llama Llama.

[Chinook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my fav Llama Llama but since the girls love the Netflix series they grab every book about him that they come across at the library.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Llama llama and his family are giving thanks for all they have. baby and up

[BiblioBeruthiel · Rating 2 out of 5]

0-2 ST

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute little board book, introduction to Thanksgiving.

[Miss Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Awkward rhymes

[Katelynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple Llama Llama book with familiar characters about eating a meal together and being thankful on Thanksgiving.

[Laurie · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's like two pages. Not even a story. Lame.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Might be okay for a baby, but my 3 year old had no interest. It had few pages and each page only had a short sentence.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Llama Llama and Nelly Gnu celebrate Thanksgiving with their families.

This book presents Thanksgiving as a day of family, friends, food, and thankfulness.

[Danielle Robertson Robertson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute little picture book - not much of a story, but it's cute for 2-year-olds.

[Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great holiday book. Perfect for kids and adults!

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how this book points out that we can be thankful all year long, not just on Thanksgiving.

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yet another Llama Llama book -- this one about Thanksgiving. Good for those who like Llama Llama.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for me.