1. Words from Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg

2. A llama is a nice animal, a little like a small camel.

3. Llamas live in South America.

4. Say it: llama

5. A friend is someone you know and like, and who knows and likes you.

6. The dog is the boy’s friend.

7. Say it: friend

8. To believe is to think something is true.

9. Do you believe that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole?

10. Say it: believe

11. To behave is to act. How you act, or what you do, is how you behave.

12. This girl does not behave nicely.

13. Say it: behave

14. Feathers are what birds use to fly.

15. The swan has beautiful white feathers.

16. Say it: feathers

17. To behave politely is to act nicely, like a friend.

18. The two men are shaking hands politely.

19. Say it: politely

20. To explain something is to say what or why it is.

21. “To start a fire, you can use a match,” the man explained.

22. Say it: explained

23. To graze is to eat grass. Cows, sheep, and other animals graze.

24. The cow grazes when she is hungry.

25. Say it: grazes

26. Clyde is a man’s name.

27. Here is a man named Clyde Barrow. (He was a robber!)

28. Say it: Clyde

29. Whiskers are long hairs under the noses of men, and cats, and other animals.

30. The man has long whiskers. So does the cat!

31. Say it: whiskers

32. Really means actually, in fact.

33. Is that dog really that big? Yes!

34. Say it: really

35. Rhonda is a woman’s name.

36. Here is a woman named Rhonda. She plays the mandolin.

37. Say it: Rhonda

38. To respond is to answer.

39. The lady responded to the question with a smile.

40. Say it: responded

41. Hind means in back. Hind legs are the back legs.

42. A kangaroo’s hind legs are big, for jumping.

43. Say it: hind

44. Certainly means definitely. Something is certainly true if there is no doubt! Yes, it’s right!

45. “That is a lot of cars.” “Yes, it certainly is a lot!”

46. Say it: certainly

47. Llyn is a name. It sounds the same as “Lynn.”

48. Here is a lady named Llyn.

49. Say it: Llyn

50. Lloyd is a man’s name.

51. Frank Lloyd Wright showed people how to make this house, called Falling Water.

52. Say it: Lloyd

53. Lashes means eyelashes, hair just above and below your eyes.

54. She has very long lashes.

55. Say it: lashes

56. A herd is a big group of animals like sheep, or llamas!

57. The sheep are in a herd, and so are the llamas.

58. Say it: herd

59. ’cause is just a short way to say because.

60. The boy hugs the dog just ’cause (because) he likes him!

61. Say it: ’cause (because)

62. The End Note: I would like to see more presentations like this, taking books and explaining words from them that are either hard to pronounce or that might not be familiar to little kids.