Llama

Caroline Arnold

jun 2014 · StarWalk Kids Media

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Llama offers youngsters a close-up view of these gentle, elegant-looking natives of the high Andean plateaus. They are used to transport goods in places where cars and trucks cannot go, and their wool is woven into beautiful, warm clothing.

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Caroline Arnold has been writing since 1980 and is the author of 150 books for children. Recent titles include A Polar Bear’s World, illustrated with her own cut paper art and winner of the Eureka Award for Nonfiction from the California Reading Association; Taj Mahal, the love story behind the construction of this magnificent monument; Wiggle and Waggle, five stories about two hardworking worms; and a tall tale, The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Her recent book, A Warmer World, focuses on animals and how they have been impacted by climate change. A noted science writer, Caroline Arnold has had thirty-three books on the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books list. She has received many other awards as well, including the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction and the California Readers Leo Politi Award for her body of work. Her books are inspired by her travels, her love of animals, fossils, and the out-of-doors.