Along Came a Llama (Main)
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- Synopsis
- My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever (with a foreword by John Lewis-Stempel).Things llamas like:Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times.Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors.Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. Humming along to classical music.Locking victims in the lavatory. Things llamas dislike:Having toenails trimmed by a visiting circus.Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.Invitations to star on Blue Peter. Accidentally swimming.Snowdonia's rainfall. The dark. Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected .
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 220 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571363209
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Ruth Janette Ruck, 1
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Animals
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.