Celebrity llama Caesar stars in new children’s book about finding community

Caesar nuzzles owner Larry McCool at a July 2019 event. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Bee Dugan had never met Marion County’s most famous llama when she began idly sketching him on a TriMet ride in 2019.

Dugan, a music teacher from Portland, said she came across Caesar the No-Drama Llama on social media. The therapy llama, who lives in Jefferson, travels around the region attending farmers markets, nonprofit fundraisers and other events.

“I was just hit…