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|title=Llama Llama Red Pyjama
|author=Anna Dewdney
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The perfect book for dealing with night-time anxieties.  It's beautifully written with gorgeous illustration and sure to become a classic.  Highly recommended.
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=32
|publisher=Hodder Children's Books
|date=November 2012
|isbn=978-1444910872
|website=http://www.annadewdney.com/Annas_website/Home.html
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Every parent will know the bedtime game: it looks as though we're all settled down, on the edge of sleep and it's time for Mummy to slip away and get on with all that has to be done, but then...  There's a call: a drink of water still seems to be the favourite and Baby Llama is no exception.  Like most children he just wants to hang on to his mother for that ''little'' bit longer.  Only Llama Mama is busy washing up and then the phone rings...  ''She's'' distracted but Baby Llama is ''distraught'' and works himself up into something of a tizzy.

I loved this book.  This illustrations are gorgeous.  You could go through the book without reading a word and you would know exactly what was happening.  Baby Llama's expressions are brilliant: when he's upset, one look at his face and you could cry, but you can quite sympathise with Mama Llama's stern expression as she settles her baby back in bed.  The language is beautiful too - very simple and evocative:

''Baby Llama, What a tizzy!''<br>
''Sometime's Mama's very busy.''<br>
''Please stop all this llama drama and be patient for your mama.''

''Llama drama'' has become an instant catchphrase here in Bookbag Towers - it sums the situation up so perfectly.  But then Anna Dewdney understands this situation perfectly.  She knows how gradually those irrational terrors sneak up on a child and then become intolerable.  Never for a moment does she underestimate how it feels for the child, or suggest that it's done from mischief.  She empathises - and for this reason she can convey to a child who suffers from these anxieties that all ''will'' be well.

There's a bonus too.  It's uproariously funny, from the hoof waving Mama Llama goodnight, whilst the other holds on tight to his toy llama to that moment when the temper tantrum takes full control:

''Baby Llama '''stomps''' and '''pouts'''.'' <br>
''Baby Llama '''jumps''' and '''shouts'''.''

It's a classic, I promise.  You'll love it.  (If you'd like to see a little more then have a look at the video) I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.  For another classic - this time about some animals who ''are'' up to a little mischief in their night time antics we can recommend [[Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann]].

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