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Armadillo Rodeo (Hardcover, 1995)
    By Jan Brett
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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curbj402 said: An armadillo mistakes a little girl’s boots for an animal friend, and experiences the rodeo while following the boots around the grounds. The story falls under the category of anthropomorphic animals coexisting with humans. The armadillos talk like south dwelling humans to each other, and feel human emotions. The dialogue will sound familiar to southerners, and funny to others. The illustrations are full of detail and accents that give an original western tone to the book. Each illustration is outlined in with a lasso rope with smaller images on both sides of what is to come or in-between happenings. Within those outlines there is some border detailing that looks like leather stitching. The clothing clearly shows what western wear consists of
tags: I read, I recommend
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