An Armadillo in Paris

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 its time to strike out on his first adventure. He travels to France and guided by Augustins journal discovers the joys of Paris: eating a flakey croissant at a caf 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 kids will see hints of her scattered throughout the book. This book is like a gorgeous stroll through Paris with an adorable new friend--a stroll youll want to take again and again.