Is Your Mama a Llama?
From Weston Woods Storybook Films · 2001
8 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)Science
Summary
Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg's rhyming riddle book: a young llama named Lloyd asks each of his animal friends, "Is your mama a llama?" and their clues -- about wings, flippers, or a pouch -- help him (and the reader) guess a bat, a swan, a cow, a seal, and a kangaroo before he finds his own mama. Baby animals and the mothers they resemble.
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Discussion questions
Lloyd the llama asks his friends about their mamas -- and their clues help you guess each animal.
- What clues does each animal give about its mama?
- How are the baby animals like their mothers?
- Which animal was the easiest to guess? Which was the trickiest?
- Name a baby animal and one way it looks like its parent.
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: clue, rhyme, guess, mama
- Give a one-clue riddle about an animal and let a partner guess it.
- Match a baby animal to its parent and name one thing they share.