This book discusses the difficult concept of bullying through a story about Llama Llama and Gilroy Goat who is a bully at their school and treats his peers in a mean and harsh way. Gilroy Goat points and laughs at his classmates when they sing songs in class, and he calls others mean names when they try to talk to him. During recess, Gilroy Goat kicks the dirt and gets sand on Llama Llama's shirt when Llama Llama asks him to play, and he screams, shouts, and stomps around the playground. It is c

This book discusses the difficult concept of bullying through a story about Llama Llama and Gilroy Goat who is a bully at their school and treats his peers in a mean and harsh way. Gilroy Goat points and laughs at his classmates when they sing songs in class, and he calls others mean names when they try to talk to him. During recess, Gilroy Goat kicks the dirt and gets sand on Llama Llama's shirt when Llama Llama asks him to play, and he screams, shouts, and stomps around the playground. It is clear that Gilroy Goat is definitely a bully goat, but by the middle of the book, a lesson is taught by his teacher and he is put in time out for his misbehavior. He eventually learns that bullying is no fun, and he should be a friend to everyone in his class, so he begins to change his attitude and act in a kind way towards Llama Llama.



The overarching main theme of this book is the concept of bullying and learning to be nice to all your peers.



Though I have never personally been victimized by a bully over a long period of time, I have definitely experienced situations where a friend was not treating me right. I have experienced friends leaving me out or talking about me behind my back, and it definitely hurts to know that someone is intentionally saying or doing something negative to hurt you. Bullying is a major problem that is dealt with at schools and in communities, and it is a topic that kids should learn about so that there can be a stop to it. I think a major reason why I did not experience harsh bullying as a kid was because of the great job my teachers did at teaching us how to be kind to one another. I can remember my preschool teachers reading us books about bullying and teaching us lessons about kindness and how to help a friend out, and I definitely think it worked.



I really liked this book as it rhymed, which made the story easy to follow and interesting to read. Because of its message, I would recommend this book for children because it shows how bullies can act and then teaches a lesson about why it is important to be kind to our friends. The reason I did not give this book a full 5 stars was because I liked it a bit less than some of the bullying books we have read in class, but I still think that it teaches a great message. Kids need to learn about the reality of bullying since it is a real thing that is prominent in so many school settings. By reading books about the topic, children have the opportunity to learn from the situations and gain knowledge about the importance of friendship and kindness.