Along Came a Llama

My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.


Things llamas like:

Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times.

Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors.

Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.

Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing.

Humming along to classical music.

Locking victims in the lavatory.

Things llamas dislike:

Having toenails trimmed by a visiting circus.

Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.

Invitations to star on Blue Peter.

Accidentally swimming.

Snowdonia's rainfall.

The dark.


Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected .