Friday Notables - Llama Llama Misses Mama

The llama llama books are popular among many young children these days, but I have found that Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney is a great book for young toddlers who are attending or are about to attend school or day care. The book deals with separation anxiety in that first day of going somewhere new which is something that every child and parent will experience. This book helps put some of those feelings of being sad and scarred that mama won't come back into a beautiful picture book. I really like that the book tells the little llama and the readers that it is okay to miss your mama rather than just moving from being sad to enjoying school. At the end of course, mama comes back for little llama. Although some of the text can be a little long for young toddlers, they do love the repetitive and rhyming nature of llama llama and mama llama. It is also a great book to introduce emotions to your toddler because they can clearly see a change from sad to happy in the illustrations. Definitely a book worth reading once or twice. Have a great weekend!