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The Llamacorn Is Kind, board book
A fanciful cross between a llama and a unicorn, Llamacorns are spreading kindness throughout the land.
Meet the magical crowd of one-horned beasts in Llamacorn Land as they come to life through bright illustrations and endearing rhymes: the beautiful Unicorn, the clumsy Buffalocorn, a big blue Walruscorn, the fearsome Tigercorn, and more in this playful introduction to the land of the Llamacorn. "But watch for the one who will be your friend, who will share his cookies, and play pretend, the nicest creature you'll ever find--" who could it be but our new friend the Llamacorn! This gentle message of kindness will make The Llamacorn Is Kind an instant favorite.
Kate Coombs is an award-winning author of original fairy tales, poems, middle-grade fantasy novels, and picture books, including the critically acclaimed Water Sings Blue, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012, and seven books in the bestselling BabyLit series. She lives in Bountiful, Utah.
Elisa Pallmer studied design at Escuela de Diseno del INBA and English Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She recently illustrated My Brother Otto.
Meet the magical crowd of one-horned beasts in Llamacorn Land as they come to life through bright illustrations and endearing rhymes: the beautiful Unicorn, the clumsy Buffalocorn, a big blue Walruscorn, the fearsome Tigercorn, and more in this playful introduction to the land of the Llamacorn. "But watch for the one who will be your friend, who will share his cookies, and play pretend, the nicest creature you'll ever find--" who could it be but our new friend the Llamacorn! This gentle message of kindness will make The Llamacorn Is Kind an instant favorite.
Kate Coombs is an award-winning author of original fairy tales, poems, middle-grade fantasy novels, and picture books, including the critically acclaimed Water Sings Blue, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012, and seven books in the bestselling BabyLit series. She lives in Bountiful, Utah.
Elisa Pallmer studied design at Escuela de Diseno del INBA and English Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She recently illustrated My Brother Otto.
22 pages, Board Book
Published September 1, 2020
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About the author
Kate Coombs
35 books52 followersI was born in Spokane, Washington, but I spent most of my childhood in Camarillo, California, which is about an hour's drive north of Los Angeles. Whenever possible as a child, I read books—books, books, and more books. The rest of the time I rode my bike with my sister, Loni, or looked after my little brother and sister. Sometimes we went to the movies at an old theater we called "The Sticky Theater" because there was always soda spilled on the floor. I was already a fan of fairy tales and comedy, so it shouldn't surprise you to hear that my favorite movie when I was a child was Snow White and the Three Stooges.
I began writing stories, poems, and plays in grade school. For the plays, I would write myself parts like The Glorious Queen and my sister parts like The Quiet Servant Girl. She was a pretty good sport about it!
When I was a teenager, I played bells in the marching band and oboe in the concert band. For a while I wanted to be a concert oboist. I even learned to cut and tie my own double reeds, a tricky task. Next I dreamed of becoming an artist. But once I got to college and started studying art, my first love—books—came back and grabbed me, so I ended up majoring in English. I eventually worked as a college writing teacher, an editor of coffee table books and technical manuals, and a grade school teacher. I later worked as a home teacher, driving around Los Angeles to teach seriously ill students. I've been teaching on and off for years, instructing students in every single grade from K-13, kindergarten to college!
While I was teaching, I was also writing stories in my free time. I wrote a lot of stories, which gave me practice and helped me become a better writer. After a while I started sending my stories to publishers, asking to have them made into books for kids. It took a long time, but eventually my dreams came true—now I'm a published writer!
Six Fun Facts
My dad used to call me Kate the Great.
I was once attacked by a monkey.
When I see a dry leaf on the sidewalk, I go out of my way to step on it and hear the crunch.
I have six brothers and sisters. We're all adopted and from four different ethnic backgrounds.
I can flicker my nostrils really well.
My favorite color is the blue-green at the top of an ocean wave when it catches the light just before it falls.
I began writing stories, poems, and plays in grade school. For the plays, I would write myself parts like The Glorious Queen and my sister parts like The Quiet Servant Girl. She was a pretty good sport about it!
When I was a teenager, I played bells in the marching band and oboe in the concert band. For a while I wanted to be a concert oboist. I even learned to cut and tie my own double reeds, a tricky task. Next I dreamed of becoming an artist. But once I got to college and started studying art, my first love—books—came back and grabbed me, so I ended up majoring in English. I eventually worked as a college writing teacher, an editor of coffee table books and technical manuals, and a grade school teacher. I later worked as a home teacher, driving around Los Angeles to teach seriously ill students. I've been teaching on and off for years, instructing students in every single grade from K-13, kindergarten to college!
While I was teaching, I was also writing stories in my free time. I wrote a lot of stories, which gave me practice and helped me become a better writer. After a while I started sending my stories to publishers, asking to have them made into books for kids. It took a long time, but eventually my dreams came true—now I'm a published writer!
Six Fun Facts
My dad used to call me Kate the Great.
I was once attacked by a monkey.
When I see a dry leaf on the sidewalk, I go out of my way to step on it and hear the crunch.
I have six brothers and sisters. We're all adopted and from four different ethnic backgrounds.
I can flicker my nostrils really well.
My favorite color is the blue-green at the top of an ocean wave when it catches the light just before it falls.
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
July 22, 2025
This book features all different types of one horned creatures; a unicorn, llamacorn, donkeycorn, and more! While they each have their own personality traits, the llamacorn is kind. We don't ever find out what the llamacorn did that was kind, but it's still a cute children's story. The text rhymes fairly well and is easy for young children to understand. The illustrations are really where this books shines. They are bright, colorful, and engaging. My daughter loved them!
September 25, 2019
Of all the animals in the land of magical animals, the one you want to be friends with is the llamacorn. The tigercorn can be fierce, the mousiecorn timid, the bearicorn mean, and the donkeycorn loud, but the llamacorn is kind.
October 2, 2019
Cute, and the art will be appealing to kiddos, but I didn't think this one was anything really special. It's bright and happy, though.
October 24, 2019
Illustrations are cute but the text is pretty simplistic
December 11, 2019
So cute!
June 24, 2020
Whimsical, colorful, and repetitive, there is something hypnotic about it. I mean, it's okay, no great shakes, but somehow soothing, and I don't mind it at all.
April 11, 2021
Love the idea of a bunch of one-horned animals. Very quirky with a sweet message.
April 1, 2025
The illustrations are so cute, but I wish they had demonstrated more why llamacorn is kind.
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