Black Friday

Are you a Black Friday shopper?  I am not, would much rather sleep in and shop on the Internet than deal with traffic and crowds.  I did however find a book that made me think of Black Friday that you could read to your kids!

Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney is all about shopping from the Llama Llama's point of view.  It's shopping day and Mama Llama makes Llama Llama stop playing with his toys and get in the car.  Then to make it worse when he falls asleep on the way to the store Mama wakes him up.  Then once in the store it is crowded and Mama keeps making Llama Llama try on clothes.  Llama Llama keeps getting grumpier and grumpier, he just wants to go home!  Eventually all the shopping gets to be too much and Llama Llama throws a fit tossing everything out of the shopping cart.  Mama calmly talks to Llama (which seems to help him stop being so grumpy) and clean up the mess.  They finish the shopping together and Llama Llama gets a treat at the end. 

So, just remember if you are heading out shopping with your little ones today be patient, they might not like shopping as much as you (but please DON'T reward them with a treat if they throw a fit like Llama Llama!).

Happy Reading!

Laura