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Harley

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I was immediately captured by this recalcitrant llama, and I'm not a child (well hardley). Children will love it; those on our lists will get it next birthday up.

The nicest thing is that the animals, the sheep, the ram, the coyotes, and Harley the llama, are animals, not animals pretending to be people (or worse people pretending to be animals). They are animals, with no apologies. Livingstone serves up a good story, stories which the fly leaf says are true despite its fiction label. But its not a 'nature story' either. It is in a class by its self, a style that Livingstone defines.

Excellent interaction between the stories and the illustrations as well. Bang's style, but integrated into the words and the story.

America's roads will be ridden this summer with the traditional "Harley" of two wheels, but Star Livingstone's HARLEY - on four hooves is a llama who is going leave his tracks on the hearts of America's kids! A sweet, reader friendly story for the young reader and the young at heart. Harley is not the conventional llama that comes to mind. He has style, he has purpose, he has attitude and yes - he spits! The story is delightfully woven throughout the everyday chores and challenges of being a shepherd. Harley develops from "bad boy llama" to a fine upstanding, Blue Ribbon winning llama with purpose. He is repsected by the other four legged cratures and feared by the ememies of those he is called upon to protect. Children will strongly identify with Harley's mischievous side while they find strength from his bravery in face of the bullies he has to deal with. The ram and the coyotes soon learn Harley is a llama of distinction and not to be taken lightly. I applaud Mrs. Livingstone for venturing into children's books with a non-conventional animal and bringing him right into the reader's heart. The illustrations of Molly Bang add wonderful, vivid visualization to Mrs. Livingstone's story. I look forward to reading of Harley's next escapade with my grandson's. Thank you Harley and Ladies, Bravo!

I bought this book based on the other reviews. I have tried to get my 2nd grader to read it but she can't get beyond page 10. I have tried twice to read it to my kids, but I can never get to the end because they are completely bored. Maybe I have to own a llama to appreciate this story.

This is a great little book about a llama with an attitude! Little children will enjoy hearing about the life of Harley, the shepherding llama.

For me young at heart and keeper of a small flock of sheep with some llamas and alpacas is this book a very great book in a small size. The story is true and I know the situations by own. Except that with the coyotes, they don't live here in the middle of Germany. But the little camels notice everyone who is passing their and the sheep's meadow. When unfamiliar dogs will come in they will bring them out. And the llamas are very friendly to the lambs. They allow them nearly all, they play with them and the lambs might climb them as mountains and they might have a sleep on the back of a resting llama.
Molly Bank thanks for these wonderful illustrations. You make that my pictures in my head become true. So they are: the sheep with different faces and lookings and naturally with different characters. And so they move -the llamas.
I got the German edition but the publisher for this edition stopped it. I hope and I wish that the English edition will live longer and better sell as the German one.