Llama Llama's Little Lie

by Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, J.T. Morrow (Illustrator)

Llama Llama learns a lesson in telling the truth in this new book in the bestselling Llama Llama series.

When Llama Llama accidentally breaks Mama Llama's favorite picture frame, he decides to tell a little lie about how it happened. In the end, Llama Llama learns a powerful lesson about telling the truth, even if it's hard to say.
 
Told with Anna Dewdney's signature sweet rhyme, this newest installment of the Llama Llama series is timeless and can be used as a tool to educate readers in social and emotional learning.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction

41 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 15, 2023

About the author

Anna Dewdney was an award-winning children's-book author, illustrator, teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of literacy and reading aloud to children. She was the author of the bestselling Llama Llama Red Pajama series of picturebooks, among many others. She lived with her partner Reed Duncan in Vermont where she worked, gardened, and spent time with her daughters and dogs.

Reviews

[Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

You have to tell the truth!

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Again.” “Again.” How can we not reread this one again when we hear this from our grandson. I can’t tell you how many times we have read this book since checking it out at the library. We have hit the maximum of renewals of it, and it’ll soon have to be returned unfortunately. Hopefully, no one else has a hold on it as I feel, we’ll be checking it out once again.

With its bright colorful pictures that fill up the pages and its rhyming text, I think I have this book memorized. I think the concept presented inside this book and how patient Mama is with him make this book so special to me. Our grandson likes “everything” about the book. When Llama Llama makes a mistake, he creates some crazy lies to cover it up. Later when he finally tells the truth, he realizes that’s he shouldn’t have lied.

Playing ball inside the house with Nell, he knows that he’s breaking one of Mama’s rules, but he does it anyway. They’ve already broken some of Mama’s other rules but she’s outside and will never know. When the ball breaks something in the house, Llama Llama feels bad and thinks that they should “run away to Kalamazoo?” Llama Llama gets creative in his responses to how it got broken and they are funny. Finally, Mama asks if he’s telling a lie, and the truth comes out. The ending is sweet, and you have to love Llama Llama for its honesty and how they handle the situation. 5 stars

[Brooke P]

LLama LLama books are a good book because they are easy to read the way they rhyme and they chow colorful inviting pictures and portray a sense of calming. This particular Llma Llama book shows to children having fun but they break something in the midst of there fun and as children sometimes the playing gets out of hand and they break something but although lying is easy telling the truth is easier and this book shows what would happen if you lie.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Llama Llama's rhyming is a bit awkward in this installment. The message is overtly didactic. Useful as a jumping off point for SEL discussions about honesty with preschool and early elementary students.
As always, when I read the later L.L. books, I mourn the loss of original author Anna Dewdney.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Llama learns about telling the truth when he accidentally breaks something dear to Mama. He first makes up stories to explain how it got broken unt8il Mama challenges him. Then he is honest and Mama talks about how important this is. Together, they fix the object and then head outside to play. An amusing and relatable ending for readers of all ages.

[K Ong · Rating 5 out of 5]

teaches the kids that sometimes it's scary to tell the truth because they might be afraid to get reprimanded but they have to be accountable for their actions. and telling the truth is being brave. and reminds us parents that we should be more understanding of our kids.

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can't go wrong with the Llama Llama books. Cute stories, sweet illustrations.

[Alli Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book more than I was expecting to. I think it brings up very relatable topics to students at a young age.

[Jessie Killian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very cute book, I think lots of kids would be able to relate to it. It has a good lesson and is an easy read.

[Callie Coox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Caleb loved this one. Great message and of course great llama llama rhymes.

[Dyck House · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never disappoints!

[Catarina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author did a great job of writing this story, additionally it was a quick read so the lesson was not lost. The illustrations are always good, and the rhyming is great!