Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, Anna Dewdney
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, Anna Dewdney
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Llama Llama and the Bully Goat

Author: Anna Dewdney

Narrator: Anna Dewdney

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2013

Synopsis

Llama Llama likes to sing. Gilroy laughs at everything.Llama sings out just the same.Gilroy says a not-nice name. Teacher has some things to say:calling names is not OK. Llama Llama is learning lots of new things at school and making many friends. But when Gilroy Goat starts teasing him and some of their classmates, Llama Llama isn't sure what to do. And then he remembers what his teacher told him—walk away and tell someone. It works! But then Llama Llama feels badly. Can he and Gilroy try to be friends again? Taking on a difficult but important part of children's lives, Anna Dewdney gives readers a way to experience and discuss bullying in a safe and comforting way. 

About The Author

Anna Dewdney was a teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of reading aloud to children. She continually honed her skills as an artist and writer and published her first Llama Llama book in 2005. Her passion for creating extended to home and garden and she lovingly restored an eighteenth-century farmhouse in southern Vermont. She wrote, painted, gardened, and lived there with her partner, Reed, her two daughters, two wirehaired pointing griffons, and one bulldog. Anna passed away in 2016, but her spirit will live on in her books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Garrett on June 06, 2015

PreS-Gr 1-Llama Llama and his friends cannot enjoy their school day because Gilroy Goat is being a bully. He laughs at the other animals during circle time, and he calls Llama Llama a "not-nice name" when he tries to sing. Although Gilroy's teacher tries to correct his behavior, the bullying continu......more

Goodreads review by Kenzie on January 18, 2016

Dewdney, A. (2013). Llama Llama and the Bully Goat: New York, NY: Penguin Group. Review 1 Fletcher, C. (2013, September 15). [Book review of Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, by A. Dewdney]. Booklist. 110(2). Retrieved from NoveList Plus database. Fletcher states that Llama Llama and the Bully Goat is ap......more

Goodreads review by Mr. Cody on May 09, 2015

My first encounter with the Llama, Llama series...It's ok.......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on July 22, 2023

Great book to talk about bullying with young early readers.......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on October 30, 2016

o Summary: All of the animals at school and singing, playing, and having a good time. Their good time is ruined by Gilroy the Goat when he makes fun of them for everything they are doing. At first he gets told to be nice and after he does not listen, he gets a time out. He then is able to go back an......more

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Praise for LLAMA LLAMA AND THE BULLY GOAT by Anna Dewdney:

"Dewdney’s lovable Llama Llama offers children one strategy to combat bullying, all couched in her trademark rhyming verse and presented through situations that are sure to resonate with those new-to-school." —Kirkus 

“[Dewdney] writes touchingly about the emotions of young children… [offering] a model for empathy, courage and forgiveness.” —New York Times Book Review

"A great discussion starter." —School Library Journal  

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