Crafty Llama

Description

Llama loves her friend Badger very much. With his birthday approaching, she thinks hard about what she would like to give him as a gift. Badger loves clocks. But Llama doesn't have much money to buy a clock, and she can't make him one by knitting, which is something she loves to do. But she knows a lot of other friends would love her knitted things. So she knits and knits and then sells her wonderful handmade things at a craft fair--something to tame Lion's mane, something to carry Elephant's trunk, something for turtle when he comes out of his shell. And soon she can buy Badger's gift. Meanwhile, Badger has seen all the lovely knitted things that all their friends are sporting . . . and wishes for something knitted of his own. Maybe for his birthday, Llama will make him something?

Mike Kerr is an illustrator and educator in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but claims to be better known as the husband of children's book illustrator Renata Liwska. When Mike is not spell checking emails for her, he illustrates, teaches, animates, sketches, curates and sometimes writes. www.wronghand.com Renata Liwska has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She is the author and illustrator Little Panda and Red Wagon. Renata is also the illustrator of Nikolai the Only Bear; A Puppy is for Loving; the New York Times bestseller The QuietBook and its companions, The Loud Book, and The ChristmasQuiet Book; Once Upon a Memory; and Doreen Cronin's Boom SnotTwitty.While Renata is originally from Warsaw, Poland, she now lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband. www.renataliwska.com

"Soft-edged, whimsically anthropomorphized animals are downright adorable. . . Young readers . . . will see that despite having different outlooks, there are many ways to work together. A sweet meditation on the value of creating, regardless of use." --Kirkus Reviews "The illustrations are cozy and delightful, just like the text. A fun and inspiring read-aloud for student makers." - School Library Journal