The Lazy Llama

by Earle Goodenow, Juliet Ellis-Behnke (Foreword)

Pablo owns a llama named Lluis and they live high in the Andes mountains in Peru. Unlike the other animals in the herd who love to climb up and down the mountain, Lluis is terribly lazy and wll not budge.

28 illustrations from Earle Goodenow, the gifted illustrator and storyteller, known for his charming and humorous characters.

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Earle A. Goodenow was born in 1913 in Chicago. He was the oldest of three sons of Lucene Goodenow, a nationally recognized painter and sculptor whose carved ivory portraits were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., and Kyohei Inukai, an internationally known portrait artist whose family emigrated from Japan when he was a young boy. He was awarded the Maynard Prize in 1926 from the National Academy of Design. Goodenow (who, along with his brothers Julian and Girard, adopted their mother’s name after her divorce from Inukai) was nationally known for his humorous illustrations, particularly in children’s books. His best work, however, is widely agreed to be the detailed, colorful illustrations commissioned for Arabian Nights. Goodenow, who lived and worked in New York City, was married with two daughters. He died in 1985.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a strange little children's book. I think it has a good moral in the end.