Llama Destroys the World
Hardcover – Picture Book, May 7, 2019
Henry Holt and Co. · Hardcover · May 7, 2019
Meet Llama, the next great picture-book megastar, who has most definitely driven a bus and who loves tacos way more than you.
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- Who it’s for
- A cake-loving llama turns one week into a wonderfully absurd chain of mishaps.
- Themes
- Absurd humor, Escalating chaos, Cake and dancing
- Pacing
- Fast
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Meet Llama, the next great picture-book megastar, who has most definitely driven a bus and who loves tacos way more than you. He also loves cake, and that’s where our story begins. On Monday, Llama discovers a pile of cake, which he promptly eats. On Tuesday, Llama squeezes into his dancing pants, which he promptly rips. The force of the rip creates a black hole (naturally). By Friday, Llama will (indirectly) destroy the world.
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In their debut picture book, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox introduce young readers to the comical, the studious, the oblivious Llama, a picture-book hero for the ages. So grab some cake and your dancing pants and prepare for Llama Destroys the World... because THE TIME FOR LLAMA IS NIGH!
Cake, Pants, Chaos
A cake-loving llama turns one week into a wonderfully absurd chain of mishaps.
Come here for
- A comic picture-book romp with cake, dancing pants, and a black hole
- A playful read-aloud that escalates all the way to Friday
Expect
- A studious, oblivious llama at the center of the chaos
- Big, silly consequences from very small beginnings
Where it sits
| Funny Stories | 67% |
|---|---|
| Animal Stories | 56% |
| Imagination & Play | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Stories
- Dates & Time
- Funny Stories
- Authors
- Jonathan Stutzman
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Absurd humor · Escalating chaos · Cake and dancing
- Reading lane
- Animal Stories