The Lavender Llama [Paperback]

Tandy Braid (Author)

Book Description

As a parent, teacher and counselor I feel that bibliotherapy is the best approach when teaching children about life's lessons. Children love picture books and if done properly it will captivate their attention. They also love rhyming books - as a Counselor the children are quick to point out when a book rhymes and love the sing-song approach to learning. This book The Lavender Llama introduces the concept of racism and discrimination to children on a very basic level. How the llamas finally get healthy again is from knowledge and love.

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About the Author

Tandy Braid lives in rural Luray, Virginia, with her husband, Doug, where she is an Elementary School Counselor. She has four children ranging in age from seventeen to one year. She obtained her Bachelors degree and teaching certification at Buffalo State College, and her Master's Degree from Canisius College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Trafford (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412006848
• ISBN-13: 978-1412006842
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,253,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Lavender Llama, January 5, 2004

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Kimberly Hayes (Dallas Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lavender Llama (Paperback)

"The Lavender Llama" is a young children's book that addresses a complicated problem affecting a countless number of people every day: discrimination. This book is suitable for children ages three to seven. The author approaches this issue with tenderness and love. She has taken a difficult subject and produces a wonderful and loving book. "The Lavender Llama" is written with a remarkable tactfulness that is rarely found.

Author Tandy Braid is no stranger to children's issues, as she is a former teacher and currently an elementary school counselor. This book also comes with a teaching guide, which gives it a special touch. Her warmth toward children is quite evident in "The Lavender Llama." Furthermore, she displays great expertise of both illustrating and writing for children, as well as, teaching children the only way to stop hate and discrimination, is through love and respect.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FREE LESSON PLAN- Questions about reading and coloring sheet, September 10, 2003

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This review is from: The Lavender Llama (Paperback)

Great book to utilize when teaching young childen 3-up about discrimination. It is the story about a llama whose Mom is red and Dad is blue, he is born lavender. The other red and blue llamas don't want to play with him because he is a different color. They end up getting sick from a disease called "discrimination." It is up to our lavender friend to find the cure - "mutual respect"! Introduces the concept of racism in a way that children can understand and relate to. Email author for lesson plan [e-mail].

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lavender Llama Review, September 24, 2005

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Susan Rodriguez (Wichita, Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This was a nice simple book to help talk about children who are bi-racial . I teach kindergarten and I have 4 out of 11 students who are "Lavender Llama's." They felt pretty special! I can't even remember how I ran across the lesson plan using this book, but I'm so glad I did! I teach in a predominetly African-American Catholic school (Prek - 8th gr.) and we talk a lot about the past and how people were so prejudice. Unfortuntely, I have to tell them it's still going on now. So, again I really appreciate this book.