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>Featuring:</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>