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 .