Llama Destroys the World (A Llama Book #1) (Hardcover)
Summer 2019 Kids Indie Next List
“I love this book! It is a wonderful addition to the world of children’s picture books and I can’t wait to share it with the world. I laughed, I cried, and then I laughed again! Now I’m off to buy a pair of dancing pants, after I eat some cake (maybe all the cake)!”
— Jessica Osborne, E. Shaver, Bookseller, Savannah, GA
Staff Reviews
This is one of my favorite picture books ever! However, how did Heather Fox know exactly what I look like in my dancing pants?!?
— MelissaMeet Llama, the next great picture-book megastar, who has most definitely driven a bus and who loves tacos way more than you.
He also loves cake, and that’s where our story begins.
On Monday, Llama discovers a pile of cake, which he promptly eats.
On Tuesday, Llama squeezes into his dancing pants, which he promptly rips.
The force of the rip creates a black hole (naturally).
By Friday, Llama will (indirectly) destroy the world.
In their debut picture book, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox introduce young readers to the comical, the studious, the oblivious Llama, a picture-book hero for the ages. So grab some cake and your dancing pants and prepare for Llama Destroys the World... because THE TIME FOR LLAMA IS NIGH!
Heather Fox is an illustrator and graphic designer, creating art in pen and ink, digital, and gouache. She is the illustrator of Don't Feed the Coos, Santa Baby, and the Llama trilogy. She lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with her husband, the writer Jonathan Stutzman. Fitz and Cleo is her debut graphic novel.
Summer 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
"Silly fun."—People Magazine
"Filled with llama drama and will having everyone laughing out loud."—Romper
"[A] super silly, amazingly original, best-when-read-aloud picture book."—BookPage
"Dessert has never seemed so epic." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"The goofy premise itself will elicit giggles, but it’s innocently wide-eyed Llama who really sells the silliness of the story."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Review
"Will make Rubin and Salmieri's fans split their own pants." —Kirkus
"[T]his story will have readers chuckling again and again and coming back for more, just like Llama."—School Library Journal