An armadillo in Paris
Title:
An armadillo in Paris
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
A winsome armadillo from Brazil takes a trip to Paris in this delightful new picture book from Julie Kraulis. Arlo is an armadillo who is always up for adventure. His grandfather, Augustin, loved adventure too. When Arlo was born, Augustin wrote travel journals about his favorite places for Arlo to use when he was hold enough to go exploring on his own. When Arlo reads about Paris and the one the French call La Dame de Fer, or Iron Lady, he decides it's time to strike out on his first adventure. He travels to France and, guided by Augustin's journal, discovers the joys of Paris: eating a flakey croissant at a café, visiting the Louvre, walking along the Seine and, of course, meeting the Iron Lady... But who is she? Each spread has a clue about her identity, and readers will see hints of her scattered throughout the book.
Year Published:
2014
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 x 29 cm.
Note:
Dust jacket folds out to become poster.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781770495265
Publisher:
Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, [2014]
©2014